Amid a water crisis in Colombia and Ecuador, vital wetlands need saving

Drought has led to rotating water rationing in Bogota, Colombia’s capital of almost 10 million people, while Ecuador’s energy grid has been pushed to the brink, prompting power cuts to conserve water in dams.

Rural communities in the Andes of Colombia and Ecuador are fighting to protect fragile high-altitude wetlands that regulate the area’s water cycles, as sharp water and energy rationing hit both nations.