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