“We are her administrators and we have to be respectful. Because Mother Nature has no owner.” – Jhony Lopez Adarmes, Community leader, Pastos, Colombia

"I am Hector Jhony Lòpez, the president of the 'Tigres del Alto' municipality, descending from the Pastos Indigenous people.

I work with the conservation of Mother Nature, like the jaguars, the spectacled bear, and traditional medicine, that's what we care for here in this territory and on this planet, because we are born this way, I have the responsibility in my life to always to be connected with Mother Nature and with all that is natural. This has originated from God for all humanity and for all of us who live here, be it the animals, the water sources, jungles, everything in general. Nature has proper rights due to what God has left on the Earth. We are her administrators and we have to be respectful, because Mother Nature has no owner. Only God is the owner and he left us this responsibility to all human beings. so we can survive from her and so she can survive from us. Through the mutual care."