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El Tarra, Colombia, Dec 15 (EFE).- Coca growers from Colombia’s northeastern Catatumbo region arrived here Thursday for a meeting with the government aimed at hashing out a strategy for putting them on a path to legality while also safeguarding them from economic hardship and hunger. Five large organizations of these farmers from mountainous and jungle-covered …

Colombia is on a mission to make sense of its rich biodiversity, isolated thanks to years of war. For researchers, it is a golden opportunity – and a breathtaking adventure.