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PHOTOGRAPHS BY FLORENCE GOUPIL
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By David Beard, Executive Editor, Newsletters
Peace can be deadly, too.
For residents of a stretch of misty, verdant hills in Colombia, home to an archaeological site of stunning pre-Columbian artifacts, a half-century of civil war kept tourists and scientists out—but it also gave caution to the loggers, gold miners, cattle ranchers, and drug traffickers who have come in since the war ended in 2016.
For a story in the March issue of National Geographic, photographer and Nat Geo Explorer Florence Goupil portrayed the beauty of the land and the bravery of some who have sought to preserve its valuable biodiversity from wholesale development. These defenders of the land have become targets for doing so—nearly 1,300 have been killed since 2016.
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