Colombia’s 2025 forest loss hits two-decade low, government says

Colombia recorded its lowest deforestation levels in two decades between 2022 and 2025, with forest loss in 2025 falling to 119,483 hectares (295,249 acres), the Environment Ministry and the country's Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies said on Friday.



The 2025 figure represents a 31% reduction from the 2021 baseline of 174,000 hectares (429,963 acres), the government said, exceeding its annual 20% reduction target for the fourth consecutive year.



Nonetheless, deforestation figures in 2025 exceeded those of 2024, when 113,608 hectares (280,731 acres) of land were razed.



In the country's Amazon region, deforestation affected 77,805 hectares (192,260 acres) last year, nearly unchanged from 77,124 hectares (190,578 acres) in 2024.