Les ravages de la ruée vers l’or au sud de l’Orénoque
Article by Patrick Bele, Le Figaro (Page 14) | December 29, 2021
References
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A Closer Look at Colombia’s Illegal, Artisanal, and Small-Scale Mining
Article by Ryan Berg & Henry Ziemer, CSIS | December 20, 2021
Stop Ecocide
““ECOCIDE” is a word to describe what is happening to our planet; the mass damage and destruction of the natural living world. It literally means “killing one’s home”. And right now, in most of the world, no-one is held responsible. We are working, together with a growing global network of lawyers, diplomats, and across all sectors of civil society, towards making ecocide an international crime.”
Why Venezuela’s “ecocide” must not be ignored
Article by Patrick Mulholland, The New Statesman | November 24, 2021 (Mentions SOSOrinoco)
Solidaridad Network
“Solidaridad is an international civil society organization with over 50 years of experience in developing solutions to make communities more resilient — from our early roots supporting repressed communities in Latin America to our current work fostering more sustainable supply chains. We currently work in over 40 countries, on five continents, through eight independently supervised regional offices.”
The Leaf Coalition
“The Lowering Emissions by Accelerating Forest finance (LEAF) Coalition’s goal to halt deforestation by financing large scale tropical forest protection. In 2021, the Coalition mobilized $1bn in financing, kicking off largest-ever public-private efforts to protect tropical forests.”
Leveraging Transparency to Reduce Corruption: Unpacking the status and challenges of illicit financial flows in the natural resource space
Article by Results for Development | November 17, 2021 (Mentions SOSOrinoco; Panel with Cristina Burelli)
The Governors, the Gang and the War for Bolívar's Gold
Investigation by InsightCrime | November 17, 2021
Indigenous Communities In the Amazon Suffer from the Maduro Regime's Environmental Assault
Article by Ryan Berg, CSIS I October 14, 2021
The Role of the Oil Sector in Venezuela’s Environmental Degradation and Economic Rebuilding
Article by Ryan Berg, CSIS | October 12, 2021
Introduced Senate Resolution on Illicit Gold Mining in Latin America
Resolution by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee I September 30, 2021
Senators Menendez, Rubio, Kaine, Cardin and Cruz Introduce Resolution on Illicit Gold Mining in Latin America
Statement from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee I September 30, 2021