May 3, 2018
Páramo de Anaime, 3600 meters up Colombia, april 2018. The Páramo is an andine tropical ecosystem stuck inbetween the treeline and the permanent snowline that can be seen in Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela. The million dots that we can see on the picture are all the same tree : a “freilejon”, that only grows up there. This fragile ecosystem is rich in ground resources, in water, and is incredibly fast-changing. At the exact location where I took this picture, were happening ground recoveries of a gold extracting company. The process of extraction, still in the balance, might happen some day, with the help of the government of Colombia, and eventhough this particular paramo has been sanctified as a natural reserve.