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Los Paramos, An Ecosystem in Peril (in Danish)

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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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Picture from Gravgaard's article, 'Los Paramos, an Eco System in Peril.' In Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, 2010

Anna-Katarina Gravgaard's article, "Los Paramos, An Ecosystem in Peril," appeared in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten. The piece follows a Colombian small-town mayor's fight to save his local paramos from mining and farming and looks at the obstacles he and other concerned activists and politicians are faced with both locally, nationally and internationally.

Download a pdf version of the article below (in Danish).

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