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Drug Trafficking Causes Deforestation Says Central America Study
Description: Biologists wanted to find out whether drug trafficking, in addition to drug cultivation, might also affect deforestation. Noting that Central America as a region has had a net loss of forest cover over the past decade, while other parts of Latin America have slowed their forest loss, researchers wondered if the growing presence of illicit drugs had any role to play. [Source: Costa Rica Star]
URL: http://news.co.cr/drug-trafficking-also-causes-deforestation-says-central-america-study/61121/
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Source: Costa Rica Star
Publish Date: 5/22/2017
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