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Source: La Silla Vacía | Country: Colombia | Threat: Deforestation (Colombian Amazon) | Confidence: Credible Media
Nearly 9,000 Hectares Deforested Across Three Colombian National Parks in 2025
What Was Reported
According to La Silla Vacía, 8,896 hectares of forest were cleared in 2025 across three Colombian national parks: Sierra de La Macarena, Serranía de Chiribiquete, and Tinigua. These are protected areas within the Amazon basin, and the deforestation was documented using Colombia's own environmental monitoring data.
Why It Matters
These three parks are not marginal land — Chiribiquete in particular is one of the most significant protected areas in the Colombian Amazon. Deforestation inside a park with legal protection status signals a gap between the law on paper and enforcement on the ground.
CAJ Context
Amazon News Watch tracks signals like this across all nine Amazon nations. When patterns build across multiple reports, they become the basis for deeper Colombian Amazon Journal reporting.
This report is based on publicly available information from La Silla Vacía. Amazon News Watch tracks source-based public reporting about threats across the Amazon. All claims are attributed to the original source and do not represent editorial conclusions by the Colombian Amazon Journal unless explicitly stated.
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