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Colombia decree recognizes Indigenous people as environmental authorities

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The Colombian government has issued a decree that recognizes Indigenous peoples as environmental authorities in their territories. The decree gives ...
Finance & Commerce

Indigenous resistance stalls Colombia’s renewable energy push

CABO DE LA VELA, Colombia — Giant wind turbines tower over a cemetery sacred to Zoyla Velasquez and her Indigenous Wayuu community, native to the La Guajira region in northern Colombia. This arid, ...
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Renewable energy ambitions in northern Colombia collide with Indigenous worries

CABO DE LA VELA, Colombia (AP) — Giant wind turbines tower over a cemetery sacred to Zoyla Velasquez and her Indigenous Wayuu community, native to the La Guajira region in northern Colombia. This arid ...
National Catholic Reporter

In Colombia's Chocó region, 'river guardians' protect the rights of the Rio Atrato

Thousands of miles and an ocean away from home, Maryury Mosquera Palacios brimmed with passion as she described what it means to be a guardian of the Atrato River in Colombia's Chocó bioregion. "The ...