Colombia’s constitutional court grants rights to the Atrato River and orders the government to clean up its waters

Mongabay
May 22, 2017, 2:57 am171 pts
CHOCÓ, Colombia - Rivers, forests and its inhabitants are inseparably connected in Colombia's Chocó department on the country's northwest coast. The gravity of the contamination that has begun to affect the well-being of the whole aquatic ecosystem and adjacent riverine communities recently got the attention…

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