Fill in the Blanks Protecting Andean ecosystems Online version Protecting Andean ecosystems and communities from mining's impact by Alonso Veles Rivas 1 legal biodiversity largest perimeters working Park priority indigenous geographic economic Regional agriculture construction Natural The country ranks second in coal reserves in South America and is home to what could be one of the gold mines in America . ? Both have rich that would suffer devastating impacts from mining . ? Due to a change in national policy from to mining as Colombia's and industrial , the threats from mining are intensifying . In January 2013 , the ministry declared Santurbán a , a measure that could prevent the development of mining concessions in páramos areas . According to Colombian law , the location and characteristics of the páramo ecosystems must be mapped to establish their ? Declared that and tribal communities have the right to freely access information about the project and express their prior consent for the of the mine , all under the protection of national and international laws . ? AIDA is to stop construction of Angostura , an open pit gold mine that Canada's Greystar Resources Ltd .
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