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Published online 2 August 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news020729-11

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Illicit crops and bird conservation priorities in Colombia

Birds fall victim to Colombia's drug trade.

Colombia's thriving drugs trade is encroaching on the country's unique forests, threatening endangered birds and probably other species, a new study finds1. Anti-drug tactics could be to blame.

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