by Matteo Cavallito<\/p>\n
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Narcos<\/strong>‘ activities are also responsible for the deforestation affecting Honduras<\/strong>, according to the magazine Di\u00e1logo Americas<\/em> which mentions<\/a> the latest data released by the National Institute for Forest Conservation, the ICF. “In 2021, more than 90,000 hectares of forest<\/strong> were destroyed as a result of 816 intentional fires to grow illegal crops and carry out other activities”, the magazine says. Activities include livestock farming, a practice used for laundering purposes<\/a>.<\/p>\n Part of this destruction is originated by traffickers who “clear the forest to build their clandestine airstrips, farms, and drug laboratories,” according to a witness of the indigenous community of the region of La Mosquitia, one of the most affected area which includes in particular two protected forest. These areas cover a combined surface area of 8,000 square kilometers<\/strong> hosting tens of thousands of natives “as well as hundreds of endangered plant and animal species.”<\/p>\n