“Deforestation dropped 25 percent in Colombia: the country lost 36,280 hectares of forest during the first three quarters of 2025, down from 48,500 hectares during the same period the year before,” reports The Doomslayer.
A hectare is about 2.5 acres.
Mongabay reports:
Deforestation in Colombia appears to have declined in 2025, with notable reductions in several departments that have historically struggled with forest loss.
An estimated 36,280 hectares (89,650 acres) of forest were lost during the first three quarters of the year, a 25% drop from the 48,500 hectares (about 119,850 acres) recorded over the same period in 2024, according to the Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies (IDEAM), a government agency….
Colombia has around 60 million hectares (148 million acres) of forest cover, representing more than half of its total land area. This includes the Amazon Rainforest and savanna ecosystems like the Orinoquía….
The country saw similar deforestation improvements in 2024, when it recorded a 34% drop from the previous year. It also saw a 54% drop in 2023 and a 29% drop in 2022.
Deforestation has slowed down in the Amazon region in general, not just in Colombian part of the Amazon basin.
Trees in the Amazon are getting bigger and more robust, due to higher levels of carbon dioxide.
Most of the world’s forests are expanding. Reforestation is offsetting the effects of global warming in parts of the U.S.
The amount of vegetation on the Earth has increased for each of the last 30 years.
