Nicaragua aims to fight deforestation with soldiers

Deep insight Nicaragua's inhospitable Mosquito Coast a specially trained army unit is fighting against deforestation. Operation Green Gold has 580 environmental soldiers to try and stop the growing problem of criminal gangs extracting logs. Since 1983 it is believed that Nicaragua's forest cover has dropped from 63% to 40%. The fight is been taken to loggers in attempt to protect the country's agriculture, climate, biodiversity and tourism.

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