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