Coca Gains Ground in Protected Areas | La coca gana terreno en áreas protegidas

Editorial, El Deber: The expansion of coca cultivation in Bolivia’s protected areas has reached alarming levels, according to the latest report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). The increase in these territories between 2022 and 2023 was 34%, raising the cultivated area to 583 hectares within the country’s forests. At the…