Colombia: Avocado Farming Is Threatening Colombia’s Natural Water Factory

Nov 1, 2022 | Emily Senkosky, Mongabay
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Sonsón and other nearby municipalities in Antioquia have ideal conditions for growing avocados. At the same time, they are also neighboring some of the world’s rarest biomes, the páramos, which provide essential ecosystem services to local communities and Colombia more widely. Now the rapid expansion of avocado trees toward the uphill páramos could be threatening the frail ecological stability of these ecosystems and the country’s water security.