State Council finds Colombia responsible for damage caused by coca fumigation
State Council finds Colombia responsible for damage caused by coca fumigation
Mar 31, 2014 posted by Larisa Sioneriu
Colombia’s State Council ruled Monday that the government was responsible for the environmental and social damages of its aerial coca fumigation policy, reported national media.
Fumigation, the aerial dispersion of glyphosate herbicide over fields believed to be used for coca cultivation, has been a central and controversial aspect of joint Colombian-US efforts to combat drug production in the Andean nation since the early 2000s.
The strategy, however, has been shown to result in the contamination of local water supplies and populations, as well as indiscriminate damage to legitimate crops in or around cultivation areas.
MORE: The rising tide against aerial fumigation of coca in Colombia
On Monday, the State Council decided against the Ministry of Defense and the National Police, ruling that the state was liable for the damages caused to a farmer whose fruit orchards were harmed by aerial spraying in 1999.
More:
http://colombiareports.co/colombian-state-made-responsible-aerial-fumigation-illicit-crops/
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A Kid's Eye View of Aerial Spraying in
Colombia, Ecuador
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