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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, all under the protection of national and international laws.
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When they depend on these natural resources for their subsistence, they are the most susceptible to mining.
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Both have a rich biodiversity that would suffer devastating impacts from mining.
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a demand with the objective of analyzing the constitutionality of:
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plans to build in the páramos of Santurbán, high altitude wetlands that provide drinking water to 2.2 million Colombians and help mitigate the effects of climate change.
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They range from forests to fragile environments such as the páramos, or high-altitude ecosystems that capture water from the fog and supply it to the lowlands.
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says that the geographic location and the characteristics of páramo ecosystems must be mapped to establish their legal perimeters.
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Set of circumstances or social, cultural, moral, economic, professional, etc., that surround a thing or a person, community or time and influence their status or development.
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declared Santurbán as a Regional Natural Park
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it ranks second in coal reserves in South America and hosts what could be a largest gold mine in America.
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they will provide the basis for conservation measures, in particular the prevention of activities that cause irreversible damage.
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Muriel Mining Corp. project in the department of Chocó, in the northeast of the country, this threatens the environment and communities in the department of Santander
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plans to develop in the forest reserves and large agricultural lands of Tolima, a department of central-western Colombia.
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stop the construction of mines in Bolivia, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama and other places.
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it is an economic activity of the primary sector represented by the exploitation or extraction of minerals that have accumulated in the soil and subsoil in the form of deposits.
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a central-western department of Colombia.
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Center for International Environmental Law
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has worked to protect these Andean ecosystems, which are vital sources of water.
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Office of the Ombudsman of the Compliance Advisor
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International Financial Corporation
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