Politicscommons.wikimedia.org Jennifer Devine: Organized crime is a top driver of global deforestation More than 100 world leaders have pledged to end the destruction of forests by 2030 as a way to slow climate change. That will require changing how the world produces four widely used commodities.
Causes news.mongabay.com Land grabbing, cattle ranching ravage Colombian Amazon after FARC demobilization While Colombian authorities have targeted small farmers in and around national parks, large-scale deforesters have yet to face serious consequences.