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“The Amazon Geo-Referenced Socio-Environmental Information Network is a consortium of civil society organizations from the Amazon countries, supported by international partners, concerned with the socio-environmental sustainability of Amazonia.”
A year-long journalistic project dedicated to exposing the violence and corruption at the heart of Venezuelan gold production, and its connection to the rest of the world.
“From the Amazon to the Kalahari, from the jungles of India to the Congo rainforest, we work in partnership with tribal peoples to protect their lives and land.”
“Hand-in-hand with indigenous and other local people, we apply the power of innovation and time-tested traditional practices to protect the forests and watersheds of tropical America.”
“Forest Peoples Programme is a human rights organisation working with forest peoples across the globe to secure their rights to their lands and their livelihoods.”
“IUCN is a membership Union composed of both government and civil society organisations. This diversity and vast expertise makes IUCN the global authority on the status of the natural world and the measures needed to safeguard it.”
“Mongabay is a nonprofit conservation and environmental science news platform… We aim to raise awareness about social and environmental issues related to forests and other ecosystems through our environmental news reporting and analysis as well as environmental education materials.”
“The Ecologist is an environmental news and analysis website with a focus on environmental, social and economic justice.”
A journalistic project dedicated to exposing the human and environmental costs caused by the illegal mining being done within Venezuela’s Orinoco and Amazonian regions.
A project dedicated to exposing the human and environmental harm caused by the illegal mining done within and around the Orinoco Mining Arc in Venezuela.
“Established in 1964, the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species has evolved to become the world’s most comprehensive information source on the global extinction risk status of animal, fungus and plant species.”
“Xapiri Ground is a non-profit organization dedicated to grassroots work with the indigenous people of the Amazon rainforest. Our projects focus on art, culture and sustainable economy.”
Our position on
the Orinoco Mining Arc
The purpose of SOSOrinoco is to shed light on the existing body of work regarding the situation in the Amazonia and Orinoquia regions of Venezuela, to raise awareness of the tragedy that is occurring and to outline some urgent measures that need to be taken in order to halt the unfolding human and environmental disaster.