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Photo: Compañia Nacional de Chocolates If you were a child growing up in Colombia in the last sixty years you probably own a series of Jet Albums, created by the national chocolate company CompañÃa Nacional de Chocolates. The illustrated stickers that wrap the small chocolate bar have traditionally illustrated one theme, such as the collectorâs edition of the country’s plant and animal wildlife. While pasting the stickers in the Jet Album is a popular pastime for children, each image is also educational, presenting interesting facts compiled by botanists, biologists, astronomers and historians. So with every bite there’s a chance to learn something newâ¦adults included. ....
Colombia’s national parks at a crossroads as new director installed by Aurora Solá on 3 March 2021 As Colombia’s parks face brutal deforestation, a firestorm of criticism has erupted over the country’s newly appointed director of national parks, Orlando Molano, who has no experience in environmental affairs. During the 17-year tenure of outgoing director Julia Miranda, eight new parks were established and Chiribiquete National Natural Park was expanded to become the world’s largest tropical rainforest park. Environmentalists worry that under Molano’s oversight the development of recreational infrastructure in parks could take precedence over the conservation of nature in a country where corruption is rampant. ....
Some 300 volunteers conducted the first census of the Colombian Condor. The census involved indigenous communities from the departments of La Guajira to Nariño. ....