Approximately 10 million hectares of forest in Montes de Oca, along with countless birds, mammals, bugs and flowers, have been designated a protected reserve thanks to the efforts of a group of students.
Students from the small Colombian town of Albania, participating in the Model United Nations, analyzed the area’s problem with potable water in 2007, leading to a proposal to defend and protect the local ecosystem, reported El Heraldo.
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