Few places in the world are so vulnerable to environmental degradation from mining
Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense
AIDA and the Inter-Church Commission for Justice and Peace
Office of the Ombudsman
Ethnic and rural communities
La Colosa
The court confirmed its decision
International Finance Corporation
Colombia
Political and legal strategies to strengthen and enforce environmental legislation in the country
Eco Oro
Angostura
Work stopped at the Mandé Norte mine
Santurbán
Resolution of this case by Colombia's Constitutional Court
Center for International Environmental Law
Due to a shift in national policy from agriculture to mining as Colombia’s economic and industrial priority
Asked the court to revoke its decision.
March 12, 2012
IFC
Is home to what could be one of the largest gold mines in the Americas.
The threats of mining are intensifying
Comparative and international law
Colombian Mining
a Regional Natural Park
Looking to build an underground mine in Angosture
Colombia
Until the company carrie out extensive studies on possible environmental impacts and made a new and appropriate consultation of the affected communities.
CAO
an open pit gold mine that Greystar Resources Ltd. of Canada, now called Eco Oro Minerals Corp. plans to build high-altitude wetlands that supply drinking water to the Santurbán moorings 2.2 million of Colombians
AIDA
has been actively involved in the debate concerning a boundary demarcation of Colombia’s páramos as a way to protect these ecosystems
To file a lawsuit against the Mandé Norte project of Muriel Mining Corp. in the northeastern department of Chocó.
They that rely on natural resources for their livelihoods are the most susceptible to mining.
It ruled that indigenous and tribal communities have the right to freely access information about the project and to express their prior consent for the construction of the mine
CIEL
The Ministry of Interior and the mining company
a mining project that AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. plans to develop in the forest reserves and the large farmlands of Tolima
