Report on cultivation of the coca-leaf
This video is an official news reporting on the findings of a research conducted by National Committee for the Development and Life without Drugs( DEVIDA), Peru. Romulo Pizarro, in his interviewe, highlights the figures relating to the damage being caused to the environment by coca-growing. He said it caused deforestation of the Amazon area, pollution of water and was damaging to personal health as well. He stresses the need that coca-growers be turned into proprietors of land and entrepreneurs, to stop the link between coca and drug-related crime. This video was produced by DavidaPeru, here on Youtube.
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