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CAMPAIGN HERO: Martín von Hildebrand on indigenous rights in the Colombian Amazon

The veteran campaigner talks to the Ecologist about the ongoing struggle to secure indigenous land rights and how he successfully took the Colombian government to court

What's your most successful campaign to date?

We managed to get a huge area of Indian lands recognised, over 25 million hectares, that's about the size of the United Kingdom. I would say that's the biggest. In one way or another we have about 82 per cent of the Colombian Amazon protected. |theecologist.org– 13/04/2012|

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