Colombia Bans All New Oil and Mining Projects in its Amazon–an Area the Size of Sweden
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Colombia Bans All New Oil and Mining Projects in its Amazon–an Area the Size of Sweden

It’s 42% of Colombia’s territory. It’s 7% of the total Amazon Rainforest. It’s the same size as Sweden, and it’s now free from future oil and mineral extraction. The news that half a million square kilometers of territory in the Amazon biome of Colombia was now limited only to renewable and regenerative economic activities only […] The post Colombia Bans All New Oil and Mining Projects in its Amazon–an Area the Size of Sweden appeared first on Good News Network.