Community movement

Cuerpo Colegiado de Guardianes del Río Atrato (Comisión de Guardianes del Río Atrato)

HQ 🇨🇴 Colombia · 1 project tracked

Ways to help

Guardians of a River With Legal Rights: The Atrato

Fresh Water

🇨🇴 Colombia

Fourteen community-elected guardians from the Chocó rainforest co-represent the Atrato River's legal rights after mercury from illegal mining poisoned it.

14guardiansCommunity guardians on the collegiate body

7organizationsEthnic authorities and social organizations represented

2,016yearConstitutional Court ruling recognizing the Atrato as a rights-bearing entity (Sentencia T-622)