The Office of the Procurator convenes a national round table to combat deforestation in the Amazon

On Wednesday, the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation convened a National Table to Combat Deforestation in the Amazon Region with the aim of intensifying and articulating actions that promote the conservation and protection of one of the most important strategic ecosystems in the country, in which 70% of the deforestation.

This was announced by the Attorney General, Margarita Cabello, who extended her invitation to more than 30 entities of the national government and to seven governors of this jungle region in the south of the country, in order to address this serious socio-environmental crisis that has intensified during the first months of this year, recording the most worrying in a decade.

“This environmental problem, which affects one of the most important world regions, must be analyzed and addressed from different sectors in order to build, consolidate and develop a comprehensive solution. The purpose of this space is to promote the articulation of different State entities in the fight against deforestation, as well as to know first-hand the achievements that have been made in recent years in this area and the challenges that remain,” said the prosecutor.

He also indicated that the departments of Caquetá, Guinía, Meta, Vaupés, Putumayo, Guaviare and the Amazon require special attention due to the fact that more than 70 per cent of the deforestation that occurs throughout the country is concentrated in these territories, affecting thousands of hectares of native forests close to natural reserves and leading to an irreversible loss of biodiversity.

At the same time, the Public Prosecutor's Office expresses its concern at the numbers and complaints of the community that are increasing daily, despite efforts to reduce deforestation in this region, which shows that there is a need to redouble measures to mitigate this crisis that has been denounced countless times by environmentalists which call for comprehensive action.

Some of the entities mentioned at this event, which will be broadcast from 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 30, are the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation; the Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic; the Office of the Ombudsman; the entities responsible for the National Environmental System; the Military Forces and the National Police; Ministries of Interior, Environment and Sustainable Development; Agriculture and Rural Development; Education; Finance and Public Credit; Transport; City and Territory Housing; Mines and Energy; Commerce, Industry and Tourism, among others.

Fires in Colombia have been registering alarming rates at the beginning of 2022. In fact, a recent report by the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development released new data that spurred the concern of the environmental community.

According to the Heat Point Monitoring Report of January 31, “to date January 2022 has the highest value of heat points in the last 10 years for biomes in the Amazon”.

The report also noted that, “in recent days there has been the greatest increase in heat points for the current season of least rainy, in the ecosystems of humid basal forests, gallery forests, wetlands, floodsavannas and the interconnectable wetland complexes of the Amazon and Orinoquia found in the protected areas”.

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