Angela Ponce

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Yovana Chuquichampi worships th...use gases are not reduced. Peru

Yovana Chuquichampi worships the snowy Quelccaya, the largest tropical glacier on the planet with 44 square kilometers and a height of 5600 meters above sea level in Cusco, Peru. This snowy mountain retreats 60 meters a year, studies determined that it will disappear in the next 30 years if global emissions of greenhouse gases are not reduced. Peru

Teresa Mendoza (46) and Agustin...t and scarcity of pasture. Peru

Teresa Mendoza (46) and Agustin Gutierrez (67) are dedicated to raising alpacas, the sale of their fiber is the main economic livelihood of the people of the community of Phinaya in Cusco, Peru. Peru has the largest number of alpacas (85 %) in the world. However, due to climate change, the breeding of these camelids is becoming more difficult due to frost, drought and scarcity of pasture. Peru

View of the community of Phinay...is thawing in Cusco, Peru. Peru

View of the community of Phinaya 4831 masl, known as the capital of camelids, is the highest village near the snow-capped Quelccaya which is thawing in Cusco, Peru. Peru

Due to drinking water contamina...e diseases, including leukemia

Due to drinking water contaminated with high levels of heavy metals such as arsenic, children in the Ayacucho region are among the most affected, developing multiple diseases, including leukemia

Exaltacion Chuquichampi (left) ...r melting is investigated. Peru

Exaltacion Chuquichampi (left) and Yovana Chuquichampi submerge their hands as a ritual in the Sibinacocha lagoon at 4,860 meters above sea level, water of glacial origin that comes from the Quelccaya snow-capped mountain in Cusco, Peru. It is currently within the protected areas, as it is considered a world thermometer, where the relationship between global warming and glacier melting is investigated. Peru

View of the Apumayo open pit go...ion of a large amount of dust.

View of the Apumayo open pit gold mine in the community of Chaviña, Ayacucho, Peru. The main disadvantages of this type of mining is the environmental impact it causes. It damages the earth's surface, changes the shape of the earth's crust, pollutes the groundwater and the air with toxic dust, and causes the formation of a large amount of dust.

A sheep killed as a result of c... in Chumbivilcas, Cusco, Peru.

A sheep killed as a result of contamination from the mining corridor road in Chumbivilcas, Cusco, Peru.

"For a long time, governme...ed by pollution in Puno, Peru.

"For a long time, governments have promised to solve our problems, but nothing has changed," says Ccalla in Quechua as she cooks in her home in the community of Carata, one of the places affected by pollution in Puno, Peru.