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Agreement signed at UN summit gives Indigenous groups voice

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Agreement signed at UN summit gives Indigenous groups voice

CALI, Colombia —  After two weeks of negotiations, delegates on Saturday agreed at the United Nations conference on biodiversity to establish a subsidiary body that will include Indigenous peoples in future decisions on nature conservation, a development that builds on a growing movement to recognize the role of the descendants of some regions’ original inhabitants … Read more

Overtourism threatened a sacred Colombian lake. How indigenous guards saved it from damage

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Overtourism threatened a sacred Colombian lake. How indigenous guards saved it from damage

In the crater of a semidormant volcano in southwest Colombia is a sacred lake of startling green which used to draw a steady stream of garbage-tossing tourists before indigenous leaders took back control. Ascending the Azufral volcano, which rises to 4,070 metres (13,369ft) in the western Colombian Andes, is not for the faint-hearted. It is … Read more