Paramos: Water for Life
- 2012
- 8m
At 2,640 meters, Bogota, Colombia's capital, is home to more than eight million people who depend on the surrounding mountains for their water. Here one finds the paramos, a stunning landsca... Read allAt 2,640 meters, Bogota, Colombia's capital, is home to more than eight million people who depend on the surrounding mountains for their water. Here one finds the paramos, a stunning landscape that's part of a natural machine that has sustained Bogota for centuries. This ecosyste... Read allAt 2,640 meters, Bogota, Colombia's capital, is home to more than eight million people who depend on the surrounding mountains for their water. Here one finds the paramos, a stunning landscape that's part of a natural machine that has sustained Bogota for centuries. This ecosystem is now threatened by mining, ranching and large scale agriculture. Millions could suffer... Read all