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Mining in Colombia: blow to the mining policy of Santos

By Giovanny Vera 15 de June de 201514 de September de 2020

The Colombian State Council temporarily suspended mining strategic areas, in which in 2012 the government froze the extraction of natural resources to, then, auction the right to do that.

Colombia: Cosigo, the beginning of mining in the Amazon

By Giovanny Vera 13 de April de 201514 de September de 2020

Mining rights for Canadian company Cosigo Resources on Vaupes have generated a series of local conflicts by being in areas where small miners worked, and another within the Yaigojé-Apaporis National Park.

Is going down the Amazon lifeguards released by the Colombian government?

By Giovanny Vera 31 de March de 201514 de September de 2020

In August 2012 the Minister of Environment launched a resolution which stated that it could not subtract any area of the Amazon classified as Forest Reserve for mining, until the ministry did zoning of the territory. Today things are changing.

Tapir oil pipeline, a threat to the National Park of Picachos

By Giovanny Vera 18 de March de 201514 de September de 2020

The two largest oil companies in the country, including the country’s largest company, are studying to build a pipeline through a national park, even though the Constitution prohibits it.

Frank Pearl throws lifeguards at Amazon and is best seen by environmentalists

By Giovanny Vera 13 de September de 201214 de September de 2020

Before leaving their duties, former environment minister of Colombia took a resolution banning all mining activity in nearly all the Amazon territory until the realization of environmental management throughout the region.

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23 de March de 2021

Potash: Canadian mining giant rides roughshod over Amazon communities

13 de May de 2021

Deforestation in the Legal Amazon grows 22% in 2021, reaching the highest rate in 15 years

19 de November de 2021

New study suggests that mercury contamination is widespread among residents of the Amazon

17 de March de 2022

On YouTube, PL inflates numbers to make it look like Lula and Dilma burned a larger area of the Amazon than Bolsonaro

6 de October de 2022

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