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Conversations with Pacha Mama
COMMUNITY: Andes, Vilccacota, Huancavelica... People: Quechua
Place: Peru - Andes Created by: Andes community members	Peru Hub	Participatory Video

LIVELIHOOD
CRISIS CONDITION
MITIGATION IMPACT
ECOSYSTEMS
CULTURAL EFFECTS

Subsistance agriculture,Gathering,
Disturbing wind currents,Extreme heat,Secondary health effects,Deserti...
Carbon market,Plantations,Territorial restrictions,Population displace...
Mountain,
Food,Population displaced,Destruction sacred sites,Disrupted ceremony,

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