Colombia · Planet
La Pedregoza and Sacred Seeds Garden
Not For Sale’s planet work in Colombia supports two Tree-Nation projects: La Pedregoza and Sacred Seeds Garden. Deforestation in Colombia rose by over 40% in 2024, driven by pasture conversion, coca cultivation, illegal roads, and fires, with most loss concentrated in the Amazon.
Why This Matters
Armed groups, miners, and ranchers compete for cleared land in Colombia’s Amazon, while displaced rural people face forced recruitment, extortion, and high-risk migration. On Indigenous territories, illegal cattle ranching supplies global beef supply chains while violently displacing communities. Reforestation here is not just environmental, it is an act of territorial and human protection in a country where ecocide and forced displacement are inseparable.
