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Unprecedented Fire Season Has Raged Through One of Earth's Biodiversity Hotspots

Colombia is home to nearly 10 percent of the world's biodiversity, including iconic species like frailejones.
The paramos, high-altitude wetlands in the Andes, provide Colombia with 85 percent of its drinking water. [ more ]
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