Reuters: A lack of adequate research and up-to-date data on the Colombian Amazon is hampering efforts to formulate government policy to conserve the country’s rainforest, protect indigenous groups that live there and measure the real impact of climate change on the Amazon, local environmentalist say. Around six percent of the Amazon, the world’s biggest rainforest, is found in Colombia, covering up to 40 percent of the country’s territory across 10 provinces. “The poor state of research about the Colombian…