Colombia Declares Tolima Fires a Public Calamity and Hunts the Arsonists
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Colombia Declares Tolima Fires a Public Calamity and Hunts the Arsonists
COLOMBIA · ENVIRONMENT Key Facts —What happened: President De la Espriella declared a public calamity over the Tolima fires, with more than 50,000 hectares burned. —How big: About 28,000 of the burned hectares are farmland, and 2,660 producers have lost crops or livelihoods. —The catch: The government says the Tolima fires were set deliberately, by […] The post Colombia Declares Tolima Fires a Public Calamity and Hunts the Arsonists appeared fir…
The National Government activated a support package for Tolima, with subsidies for rural housing, productive resources and humanitarian aid, following the public calamity of forest fires that have affected about 50,000 hectares. De la Espriella’s entry activates subsidies and fire aid in Tolima was first published in Nación Paisa.
The Colombian president, Abelardo de la Espriella, ordered this Thursday to form a “special elite group” to persecute those responsible for the fires that in recent weeks have consumed more than 20,000 hectares of forest and crops, mainly in the department of Tolima (center).
The president offered a reward of up to 50 million pesos (approximately $16,000) to those who provide accurate information to facilitate the arrest of those involved. The post De la Espriella orders to form an elite group to prosecute those responsible for the fires in Colombia appeared first on EL NATIONALA.
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