Deforestation in Colombia fell sharply in 2023 to its lowest level in 23 years, the country’s environment ministry has said.
The amount of forest loss fell from 1,235 sq km in 2022 to 792 sq km in 2023 – a 36% decrease, official figures revealed.
Most of the environmental gains were in the Amazon rainforest, where the Colombian government is focusing much of its conservation efforts.
“It is a truly iconic year in this fight against deforestation,” Susana Muhamad, Colombia’s environment minister, told journalists in Bogotá.
Deforestation in Colombia rose to a record high in 2017 after the country’s largest guerrilla group, the Farc, demobilised, leaving a power vacuum in the country’s forests.
Source: The Guardian
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