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 Stories About: Colombia AND interview AND land stewardship
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Roll on, Colombia
Libia Grueso advocates for Afro-Colombians and their land |
Michelle Nijhuis |
22 Apr 2004 |
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| The Pacific Coast of Colombia, a narrow slice of jungle between the Andes and the ocean, is rich with plant and animal life. It's also home to about a third of Colombia's 10.6 million Afro-Colombians, descendants of black slaves emancipated in the mid-1800s. In recent years, this isolated area has been hit hard by logging, gold mining, industrial agriculture, and Colombia's civil war. Grue ... |
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| Topics: Colombia, interview, land stewardship (all these topics) |
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