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Fighting to Protect Colombia's Water Supply

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A miner in Colombia. Image by Anna-Katarina Gravgaard, 2010.
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The government in Colombia has to choose between guarding its unique ecosystems or boosting its...

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Mayor Javier Garzon has been fighting to protect the páramo of Guerrero, the source of most of the water for the town of Cogua's 15,000 inhabitants, from agriculture and mining. He urges the federal government to be more supportive. Image by Anna-Katarina Gravgaard. Colombia, 2011.

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The mayor of a small Andean town is taking on illegal mining and the clearing of land for agriculture, which threaten Colombia's main water source.

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