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NationofChange Páramos at risk: The interconnected threats to a biodiversity hotspot The pressures of climate change and human land use could lead to the disappearance of unique biodiversity and vital ecological services. Image Credit: The Bogotá Post On a recent, pre-pandemic journey to the High Andes of Colombia, I found myself surrounded by one of the region’s emblematic species, the flowering shrubs known locally as frailejones or “big monks.” These giant plants, relatives of sunflowers from the Espeletia genus, mesmerized me, their yellow buds and silvery hairs glistening in the intense, ephemeral sunlight. Looking out over the vast, rolling landscape, I wondered how such a stunning, incomparable ecosystem can be taken for granted.

Los andesUnited statesCosta ricaDistrito capitalMaria pitoLagunas negrasThomas walschburgerBrigitte baptisteJairo cuervoHumboldt instituteNational university of colombiaColombia disaster risk management agencyColombia santander departmentStockholm environmental instituteImage creditHigh andes