Contrary to Popular Belief - Coca Not Driving Force of Deforestation
September 29, 2016
September 29, 2016
STONY BROOK, N.Y., Sept. 29 -- The State University of New York's Stony Brook campus issued the following news release:
Most of the world's coca--the plant source of cocaine--grows in the Amazon forests of the Andean countries of Colombia, Peru and Bolivia, where many think this illicit crop causes deforestation. However, a team led by Stony Brook University Professor of Ecology and Evolution Liliana M. Davalos, shows most deforestation isn't caused by coca cultivation. In fact, t . . .
Most of the world's coca--the plant source of cocaine--grows in the Amazon forests of the Andean countries of Colombia, Peru and Bolivia, where many think this illicit crop causes deforestation. However, a team led by Stony Brook University Professor of Ecology and Evolution Liliana M. Davalos, shows most deforestation isn't caused by coca cultivation. In fact, t . . .