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BirdLife International and its group of local partners are implementing a project in South America to help conserve the high Andean wetlands, which provide key habitat for Neotropical migratory birds and important resources and services for local communities. Isadora Angarita-Martínez, the project’s regional coordinator, and Patricia Marconi, project coordinator in Argentina, talked with us about their work to protect these ecosystems. Read more » |
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