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Road to ruin: informal byways sow seeds of destruction in Colombia's Amazon | WTVB | 1590 AM · 95.5 FM


By Oliver Griffin
SAN VICENTE DEL CAGUAN, Caqueta, Colombia (Reuters) - The dirt tracks winding through southern Colombia s tangled jungle often mark the beginning of the end for besieged patches of rainforest in this part of the Amazon.
Across San Vicente del Caguan, one of the country s most deforested regions, illegal and informal roads fan out in an ever-expanding network, bringing visitors, commercial interests and farmers and ranchers who clear and burn the land.
The result is the steady decay of Colombia s Amazon.
A Reuters map of the region shows a lattice of lines that crisscross one another and creep southward into the forest and fan out on all sides. (Graphic: https://tmsnrt.rs/329ehRE) ....

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INSIGHT-Road to ruin: informal byways sow seeds of destruction in Colombia's Amazon


INSIGHT-Road to ruin: informal byways sow seeds of destruction in Colombia s Amazon
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By Oliver Griffin
SAN VICENTE DEL CAGUAN, Caqueta, Colombia, April 14 (Reuters) - T he dirt tracks winding through southern Colombia s tangled jungle often mark the beginning of the end for besieged patches of rainforest in this part of the Amazon.
Across San Vicente del Caguan, one of the country s most deforested regions, illegal and informal roads fan out in an ever-expanding network, bringing visitors, commercial interests and farmers and ranchers who clear and burn the land. ....

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