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Analysis | Mining Industry | Jul 14, 2010

Mercury Poisoning, The Dark Side Of Colombia 's Gold Boom

Diana Delgado
Colombia 's gold bonanza has a dark side, U.N. experts said on Tuesday: mercury poisoning spreading from miners to the population of a northwest state where they use mercury to extract the precious metal, U.N. experts said on Tuesday.
News | Forests and biodiversity | May 07, 2010

Colombian Forest Project Reaps Credits... and Criticism

Stephen Leahy / Noticias IPS

UXBRIDGE, Canada, May 6, 2010 (Tierramérica) - The "Procuenca Initiative" in the Andes region of western Colombia may be the first in the world to sell certified forest carbon credits with a biodiversity protection component. But alarms are sounding about the potential negative social and environmental consequences.

 

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Life as Commerce

The impact of market-based conservation on Indigenous Peoples, local communities and women

 

 

 

Press release | Mining Industry | Feb 26, 2010

Colombian Network Against Transnacional Mining is born

Colombian Network Against Transnacional Mining
News | General | Oct 15, 2009

COLOMBIA: Indigenous People Troubled by U.S. Military Presence

Gustavo Capdevila - IPS
GENEVA, Aug 13 (IPS) - The head of Colombia's biggest association of indigenous people is concerned that allowing U.S. troops to use military bases in his country will signal a regression to former times when the United States exercised control over Latin America, while a native activist warned of an increase in the number of cases of sexual abuse of young indigenous women by foreign soldiers.
Denunciation | Mining Industry | Aug 06, 2009

African descent community faces eviction by Anglo Gold Ashanti in Colombia

PCN
*URGENT ACTION!*

From the human rights team of the Process of Black in La Toma, in the
Suárez municipality in north Cauca, Colombia. La Toma´s Afro-descendant
inhabitants, Communities and other organisations declare:
Denunciation | Energetic Sovereignty | Jul 29, 2009

Fian International, Friends of the Earth International and La Via Campesina condemn the forced eviction of the community of Las Pavas

Fian International, Friends of the Earth International and La Via Campesina
27/07/2009. – FIAN International, Friends of the Earth International and La Via Campesina condemn the forced eviction that occurred on July 14, 2009 of 120 families settled in the rural area known as Las Pavas, located in the Buenos Aires district, jurisdiction of the municipality of El Peñón, in the South of the Bolivar province.
News | Mining Industry | Jul 06, 2009

Gold Conflict in Colombia's Central Mountains

Helda Martínez / Tierramérica

The Colombian authorities could determine this month whether they will move forward on a giant gold mining project in a nature preserve in the central mountain range.

News | Mining Industry | Mar 13, 2009

Colombia looks to double coal output by 2019

colombiareports.com
Colombia expects to double its annual coal output by 2019 to 145 million tonnes, but must overcome the challenges of the economic crisis and delays in improving its infrastructure, the government said on Thursday.
Urgent action | Forests and biodiversity | Feb 24, 2009

Urgent support for people affected by floods in the colombian pacific

CENSAT AGUA VIVA - Amigos de la Tierra Colombia
Past 16th of January the Mira River, bordering with Ecuador, augmented its throughput causing the river to overflow,  resulting in the destruction of houses and cultures, the death of 8 people and the disappearance of 22 more. This natural disaster happens in one of the regions of the country with the greatest number of conflicts related to monoculture of oil palm, among other problems of deforestation and impacts on food sovereignty.
 

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