Report Highlights Need for Alternatives to U.S.-Backed Aerial Spraying in Colombia: Illegal Coca Production Increases
U.S. Newswire › August 22, 2006
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BOGOTA, Colombia, Aug. 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Six years since the Aerial Spraying Program of Plan Colombia (PECIG) began, the program has failed to meet its goal of eliminating 50 percent of illicit crops in Colombia.
The program has seen an investment of nearly US$1.2 billion and has led to the spraying of more than four times the initial area of coca crops. Nevertheless, in 2005, both the United Nations and the U.S. government actually reported an increase in the area covered by illicit coca crops in Colombia. Additionally, despite legal prohibitions, the Colombian government started spraying in the Macarena National Park in early August. The inefficiency of the spraying program and the associated harmful environmental and social effects demonstrate the need for alternative solutions. The Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA) has released a report analyzing and calling for significantly increased government support of such alternatives.See the full content of this document
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Report Highlights Need for Alternatives to U.S.-Backed Aerial Spraying in Colombia: Illegal Coca Production Increases
Read "Alternative Development Strategies in Colombia: the Need to Move Beyond Illicit Crop Spraying" online at: http://tinyurl.com/ h82rt
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