Ojo Público and the Peruvian Society for Environmental Law (SPDA) toured the main centers of illegal gold production in Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Brazil and Ecuador. See the map
Tag: Colombia
Colombia: Operating “Anostomus” is the hardest blow against illegal mining
Military action in Colombia achieved the arrest of 59 suspected illegal miners and the occupation of 63 sites illegal exploited by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
Colombia: Cosigo, the beginning of mining in the Amazon
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.
Journey through the Caquetá River, the border of oblivion
Brazilian and Colombian scientists team who study the situation of dolphins in the rivers of South America traveled 750 kilometers of Caquetá river for 17 days, from its mouth in the Amazon river in Brazil until Cahuinarí National Park in Colombia.
Is going down the Amazon lifeguards released by the Colombian government?
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.
The Guardian: Colombian tribe scores ‘historic’ victory versus Big Gas
State company Ecopetrol pulls out of drilling site in territories belonging to the indigenous U’wa people.
Stories about routes of illegal gold in the Andean Amazon
OjoPúblico and the Peruvian Society for Environmental Law (SPDA, in Spanish) started distributing “Roads of Gold” (#Rutasdeloro): stories about illegal mining in the Amazon in five countries in the region: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru .
Tapir oil pipeline, a threat to the National Park of Picachos
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.
Nine countries in Latin America to protect the Amazon of climate change
Nine countries in the Amazon region came together to to face the effects of climate change through the “Regional Project to support the Amazon Vision 2018”.
Avina Expedition: Traveling the Amazon en bike
When the bike goes from being a mode of transport to a lifestyle, which helps to live and survive in the largest South American jungle.