Tag: Mining
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14.07201525/01/2019
Protests against British based Oil Company in Colombian Amazon
By ABColombiaIn Extractives, News ArchiveTags Campesinos, Environment, Mining, Security Forces, Social Protest
Right now I feel worse than a trampled cockroach. I have never seen so many armed forces defending the individual...
18.05201529/01/2019
Conflict Minerals: ABColombia signs open letter to Parliament
By ABColombiaIn Conflict, Extractives, News ArchiveTags conflict, Displacement, Human Rights, Mining, Parliament
The European Union is the world’s largest economy, the world’s largest trading block, and home to 500 million consumers. Every...
15.05201529/01/2019
ABColombia Partner Tierra Digna win landmark decision on Prior Consultation
By ABColombiaIn Extractives, Land, News Archive, Vulnerable CommunitiesTags Afro-Colombian, Extractives, Indigenous, Mining, Prior Consultation, Tierra Digna
On 15 May 2015, as a result of an Annulment Action submitted by ABColombia’s partner organisation Tierra Digna, the Colombian...
30.09201329/01/2019
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Giving it away: the consequences of an unsustainable mining policy in Colombia
Mining in Colombia has been singled out to be one of the major drivers of economic growth for the Colombian...
30.11201229/01/2019