Grounded by conflict and COVID, Colombia’s bird tourism struggles to soar

Mongabay
Jan 14, 2022, 8:47 am516 ptsHot
PUTUMAYO, Colombia — When Jonh Jairo Mueses-Cisneros was approached by leadership at Corpoamazonia about turning Colombia’s southwestern department of Putumayo into a bird-watching hotspot more than 10 years ago, he was skeptical. To begin with, he was a herpetologist, trained in the study of reptiles and…

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