Lake Poopó was once Bolivia’s second largest body of water, but when asked how to get to the lake today, locals correct a visitor. Now, abandoned fishing boats rust and splinter on the burning salt, amid skeins of desiccated fishing nets and grubby flamingo feathers. “Our work is Lake Poopó, and with that dried up, we’re like orphans.”Facebook Twitter Pinterest Aureliano Mauricio Valero and family work collecting salt at Colchani, having been displaced from Lake Poopó 150km to the north. The tributary, a sickly yellow colour, flows downhill to Lake Poopó. Some want the cautionary tale of Lake Poopó to be applied to the larger Lake Titicaca, itself under threat.

Source: The Guardian January 04, 2018 06:56 UTC