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Reuters
Reuters
Environment
By Oliver Griffin

Colombia lost 86,985 hectares of forest through Sept. 30 this year -report

FILE PHOTO: Charred logs are seen on a stretch of the Yari plains, which was recently burned for pasture, in Caqueta, Colombia March 3, 2021. Picture taken March 3, 2021. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez

Colombia has lost 86,985 hectares (214,944 acres) of Amazon jungle in the first nine months of the year while fires burned through swathes of felled areas, a local advocacy group said on Monday.

The deforestation was concentrated in 11 areas across five of the country's provinces - Meta, Caqueta, Putumayo, Guaviare and Antioquia, the Foundation for Conservation and Sustainable Development said in a report.

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