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