Luis Bernardo Cano

Meta, Colombia. The Colombian Amazon region is continually threatened by the expansion of the agricultural frontier. According to the Ideam Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies, in 2018 the deforestation in the Amazon was 144,147 hectares and 138,176 hectares in 2019. Large extensions of oil palm crops are located in the departments of meta, vichada, caqueta, on the edge of the Amazon region, they generate environmental problems such as soil infertility in a few years, the decrease of water sources and the reduction of biodiversity. putting at risk one of the most important ecosystems on the planet

Rock paintings in La Lindosa mountain range. Guaviare, Colombia

Carlos Aguilar (24) with the tool that they uses to move the bunches of african palm. Meta, Colombia

Nelson Aviles (21), Carlos Aguilar (24) and Jose Rodriguez (51) doing the selection of bunches of african palm in Buenos Aires farm. Meta, Colombia

The Nukak indigenous community has been nomad and has been greatly affected in recent years by the encounter with settlers looking to expand their land for pasture and palm . Currently living in indigenous reservations where there are guerrillas, illegal crops and deforestation, for these reasons have often been displaced from their territory.

Dogs caring on an African palm farm

The jungle has been changed by pastures that in some cases become African palm crops

Yamir Reyes (34) posing for a portrait into an african palm crop

African Palm crops in Guaviare, Colombia. Where any monoculture is prohibited because it is a fragile ecosystem where the savanna becomes Amazonia