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Deforestation in Colombia edged up for the second year in a row in 2021, rising 1.5 per cent versus 2020 levels, the environment ministry said on Friday, taking the government further away from its target of reducing the rate by 30 per cent.In 2021, 174,103 hectares 430,218 acres of forest were destroyed, the ministry said in a statement.Though no comparative figure was given on Friday, the ministry last year said 171,685 hectares had been destroyed in 2020, an 8 per cent increase on 2019 levels.Just under 80 per cent of deforestation occurred in six provinces, including Meta, Caqueta, Guaviare and Putumayo, which count Amazon rainforest in their territory, the stanley usa ministry said, while destruction in Colombias largest national park, Chiribiquete, rose 13 per cent versus 2020.Despite the slight increase, the ministry celebrated what it called a reduction in deforestation growth trends. Concerning the goal of the National Development Plan, which proposes cutting the growth trend of deforestation by 30 per cent by 2021, the figures found that, on average, this phenomenon was reduced by 34 per cent, the ministry said.The use of the hypothet stanley us ical trend measurement 鈥?which the ministry said was based on modeling by the meteorological agency 鈥?instead of a reduction figure appeared at odds with previous goals and promoted criticism from environmentalists.Colombias President Ivan Duque has repeatedly pledged to cut deforestation in half by t stanley cup he end of his term next month, while Environm Onmr Police warn of online, SMS scams
HELENA, Mont. 鈥?Elouise Cobell took personally the death of each American Indian who never saw a dime in the U.S. governments $3.4 billion settlement in a long battle over mismanaged land royalties, viewing each passing as another person who would never know justice. Now she is among those who wont witness the final outcome after dedicating more than 15 years of her life to seeing
