Source: Cool Earth
The impact of the worldwide drugs trade on the rainforest has once again been highlighted.
Writing for the Daily Express, Stuart Winter said that the international trade of cocaine is both destroying the world's rainforests and also, "driving a rare bird to extinction".
According to the writer, the gorgeted puffleg hummingbird is "facing oblivion" as the rainforest habitats in which it lives are being used to grow cocaine by international druglords.
Children in classrooms across the UK are being taught about the drug trade and its impact on tropical forests, he said, in the hope that education will encourage future generations to steer clear of cocaine and limit its damage.
"Cocaine is so prevalent across Britain that dealers are selling it for as little as £2 a line - less than a pint of beer. Prices have almost halved over the past 20 years," said Mr Winter.
Tropical forests such as the Amazon are heavily impacted by other industries - both legal and illegal - such as logging and the meat sector.