2021 study in Nature Sustainability links cocaine trafficking to deforestation and habitat destruction in critical bird habitats.

A new study reveals that cocaine trafficking harms critical bird habitats, with two-thirds of key forest areas essential to migratory bird species at increased risk due to drug traffickers' activities. The study, published in Nature Sustainability, warns that narco-trafficking forces traffickers into remote forests, leading to deforestation, habitat destruction, and threats to Indigenous communities.