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Rare birds at risk as narco-gangs move into forests to evade capture – report

12 June 2024 at 05:00

Cocaine traffickers have put two-thirds of Central America’s key habitats for threatened birds under threat, study finds

Cocaine consumption is threatening rare tropical birds as narco-traffickers move into some of the planet’s most remote forests to evade drug crackdowns, a study has warned.

Two-thirds of key forest habitats for birds in Central America are at risk of being destroyed by “narco-driven” deforestation, according to the paper, published on Wednesday in the journal Nature Sustainability.

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Drought That Snarled Panama Canal Was Linked to El Niño, Study Finds

NYT: Science

Raymond Zhong

1 May 2024 at 01:01

The low water levels that choked cargo traffic were more closely tied to the natural climate cycle than to human-caused warming, a team of scientists has concluded.