Colombian fishers are fighting for their rights and protection of vital wetlands

By Daniel Henryk Rasolt, Climate Home News

In November, on the banks of the calm, reflective waters of the Cascaloa Ciénaga, a floodplain lake extending 12,000 hectares (120 sq km) in northern Colombia, a group of traditional fishers met.

Páramos at Risk: The Interconnected Threats to a Biodiversity Hotspot

By Daniel Henryk Rasolt, The Revelator

Páramos, experts say, may also serve as a sort of buffer against climate-change-induced recession of tropical mountain glaciers and extended droughts — if we can protect them.