Defend the Sacred: Save the Guatapurí river in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta

Ati Quigua from the Arhuaco people gives thanks to the meeting between members of the Defend the Sacred Alliance and the Mamos of her tribe and call us to spread the message to save their territory from "development". The Sierra is an area of enormous biodiversity and ecological richness - its Indigenous inhabitants consider it to be the sacred heart of the world. But the area is acutely threatened by plans for "development," including a large reservoir dam, mining and deforestation.