Relier Pairs Forest destruction in ColombiaVersion en ligne Protecting Andean ecosystems and communities from mining's impact par jose andres silva simanca 1 Center for International Environmental Law 2 Colombia 3 Angostura 4 Resolution of this case by Colombia's Constitutional Court 5 Asked the court to revoke its decision. 6 Office of the Ombudsman 7 The court confirmed its decision 8 Due to a shift in national policy from agriculture to mining as Colombia’s economic and industrial priority 9 International Finance Corporation 10 AIDA and the Inter-Church Commission for Justice and Peace 11 12 La Colosa 13 Santurbán 14 Political and legal strategies to strengthen and enforce environmental legislation in the country 15 Ethnic and rural communities 16 Eco Oro 17 Work stopped at the Mandé Norte mine 18 Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense 19 Few places in the world are so vulnerable to environmental degradation from mining 20 a mining project that AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. plans to develop in the forest reserves and the large farmlands of Tolima Looking to build an underground mine in Angosture a Regional Natural Park 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 To file a lawsuit against the Mandé Norte project of Muriel Mining Corp. in the northeastern department of Chocó. Until the company carrie out extensive studies on possible environmental impacts and made a new and appropriate consultation of the affected communities. They that rely on natural resources for their livelihoods are the most susceptible to mining. has been actively involved in the debate concerning a boundary demarcation of Colombia’s páramos as a way to protect these ecosystems 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 Is home to what could be one of the largest gold mines in the Americas. IFC AIDA Colombia The threats of mining are intensifying Comparative and international law The Ministry of Interior and the mining company March 12, 2012 CAO Colombian Mining CIEL