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Fighting to Protect Colombia's Water Supply

June 14, 2011 | TIME

Anna-Katarina Gravgaard and Lorenzo Morales, Colombia

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The mayor of a small Andean town is taking on illegal mining and the clearing of land for agriculture, which threaten Colombia's main water source.

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Colombia: Mining Fever in Paradise

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Anna-Katarina Gravgaard

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Multimedia journalist Anna-Katarina Gravgaard has reported from four different continents with a focus on water and the environment. A print reporter from age 14, she transitioned into multimedia...

Lorenzo Morales

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Lorenzo Morales is currently a professor of journalism at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá and a freelance journalist. Lorenzo was editor of Semana.com, the main political news magazine...