Birds Tell Us to Act on Climate
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It was pouring rain in Bogotá, Colombia, last Monday when Liliana Marcela Ospina Sanchez first thought about protesting this year’s Global Big Day, when birders across the world tally their sightings on the eBird platform. Ospina, a business owner and ecotourism guide, was doom scrolling through social media. The hashtag #SOSColombia was trending.
Since April 28, local NGOs and citizens have used social media to document widespread police violence during a national strike. Tens of thousands of people took to the street to demonstrate against a controversial tax reform bill that opponents said would disproportionately affect the poorest people in a country whose economy has been decimated by COVID-19. The tax reform that sparked the demonstrations was withdrawn on May 2, but the demonstrations continued, as the country faces high unemployment and poverty rates due to the pandemic.