| La Conejera Marsh Cundinamarca- Colombia, South America Wetland Research Project By: Natalia Fajardo |
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photo
credit: Fotos El
Espacio
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Located in the Bogotá
savannah, La Conejera and other surrounding marshes are part of the
most important system of
wetlands in the Northern Andes Mountains and have become an extensive reserve of flora and fauna for the city. However, the drastic spatial reduction of this precious ecosystem and pollution of tributary streams has reduced the capacity of the marsh to retain incoming runoff and filter out contaminants. It now experiences flash floodings that upset its ecological balance. |
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 photo credit: Depatment of Environment (DAMA), Colombia |
 photo credit: Fotos El Espacio |
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| Thanks to
the organizing efforts of concerned neighbors and
Bogotá's Department of Environment,
mitigation and conservation projects have slowed the degradation process, and partnership with other government offices have restoration plans in mind. |
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Natural History
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Human
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