Dans les montagnes andines du sud-ouest de la Colombie, le cratère d'un volcan abrite une "lagune" enchanteresse, constituée de trois lacs, aux cinquante nuances de vert, trésor naturel un moment menacé par le tourisme de masse sur lequel veille désormais une communauté autochtone. Les autochtones Pastos interdisent l'accès aux visiteurs, pour protéger faune, flore et ressources en eau.
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00:00When we hear the word tourism, it terrifies us, because we live it, and we had to suffer
00:10when we found all the garbage, when we found all the damage they did to the area.
00:14We had to live that, and we had to return the people, we were the ones who suffered.
00:20So when they tell us tourism, for us that generates panic.
00:30We have decided, we said no, let's go up, it's our territory, let's go up and take care of it.
00:58We are the only water source that the municipality has, and we cannot risk the future of our
01:02wawas by giving pleasure to people who come to have fun.
01:07For us, indigenous people, sacred places are very important, at least the people who
01:29are bad, to purify the spirit, the body, that at least one can come here to this place
01:38to come and have a spiritual healing.
01:54The people that we sometimes find in the area, it's out of ignorance.
01:58To the locals that we have found, that they know that there is a declaration of closure,
02:03that they know that the indigenous guard is here taking care, we apply everything to them.
02:08We apply customs and traditions here.
02:10Our customs and traditions are to understand it and give it strength here.
02:14It's a beautiful place, you can park everywhere, you can sleep everywhere.
02:37So I know for sure that if they open this park again, everybody would like to wild camp
02:43here, not respect the nature.
03:13The idea is to control the number of tourists that come to the destination, not to make
03:17an invasive tourism, that 100,000 tourists don't come to the area because they finish it.
03:21The idea is to make a study, a weight of cargo, so that in one day about 10, 20 people
03:27can come.
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