Invasive plant threatens livelihoods in Colombia’s largest coastal wetland
Ana Maria Rus
(12 May 2026) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ++MUSIC CLEARED FOR EDITORIAL USE++ ASSOCIATED PRESS Cienaga Grande de Santa Marta, Colombia – 30 April 2026 1. Various of boat crossing lake covered with invasive plant through a narrow “lifeline” passage 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Steven Grattan, The Associated Press: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++ "An invasive plant is choking parts of a key wetland ecosystem here in Northern Colombia, and it's hitting both nature and livelihoods. I'm in the department of Magdalena, in
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