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"For the past two decades, we, the people from the Andean regions have been suffering because of the greenhouse emissions from the developed countries. If they don't stop our glaciers will disappear soon," Mr Aruquipa says.
"We want those countries to compensate us for all the damage they have done to nature," he says.
Mr Aruquipa has been lobbying for their case to be heard by the international community. He even went to the United Nations' Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen last December.
"In Copenhagen I met a lot of people from all over the world with similar problems… Altogether, we have demanded the creation of an international court of environmental justice," he says.
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"We want those countries to compensate us for all the damage they have done to nature," he says.
Mr Aruquipa has been lobbying for their case to be heard by the international community. He even went to the United Nations' Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen last December.
"In Copenhagen I met a lot of people from all over the world with similar problems… Altogether, we have demanded the creation of an international court of environmental justice," he says.
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