The FARC guerrillas once protected the Amazon rainforest in Colombia Carlos Villalon / Redux / eyevine
AS RAIN lashes down on San Jos茅 del Guaviare, of the Foundation for Conservation and Sustainable Development breathes a sigh of relief. 鈥淭hank God,鈥 she says. 鈥淭here are already three fires burning today. Hopefully this does the trick.鈥
Guaviare province is on the boundary between Colombia鈥檚 plains and the Amazon rainforest. But over the past century, the forest has been pushed back by a series of economic booms. From rubber to marijuana and coca, new opportunities have eaten into the…
