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To preserve Colombia’s sacred mountains, follow its spiritual protectors

The Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountains are sacred to the Indigenous Arhuaco people of northernmost Colombia, but the glaciers that feed the region's rivers have largely melted and the high-altitude grasslands are drying up. Now the Arhuaco, who have long avoided contact with outsiders, have partnered with the Priceless Planet Coalition to reverse the impact of generations of conflict, mining, development and climate change.