A Damaging Pursuit of Riches
Illegal mining reaches Venezuela’s famed Angel Falls published in the Miami Herald | March 12, 2025
Illegal mining reaches Venezuela’s famed Angel Falls published in the Miami Herald | March 12, 2025
This is the 10th edition of the annual World Heritage Watch (WHW) Report since we started our work in 2014. Our global network has since grown to more than 200 civil society actors in more than 60 countries. The World Heritage Watch Reports have become more voluminous over the years, reaching 55 contributions this year. […]
At first glance, the annual World Heritage Watch (WHW) Reports may seem like chapters of a serialized novel. But they are not: They always provide fresh, challenging alerts. They urge the world community, and UNESCO in particular, to remain attentive, to act in good time, and to tirelessly insist on the implementation of earlier commitments. […]
Article by Luke Taylor, NewScientist I December 9, 2022
World Heritage Watch 2022 report by SOSOrinoco on Canaima National Park (Page 87) Update on the Situation of Gold Mining in Canaima National Park, Venezuela
Article by The Economist I March 5, 2022
Article by Díalogo Americas I March 1, 2022
Article by Naky Soto, Caracas Chronicles I February 24, 2022
Article by Thomas Coex, AFP (Published in eNCA) I February 13, 2022
Article by Nathaniel Janowitz, Vice I February 11, 2022
Article by Le Figaro with AFP I February 11, 2022
Article by AFP, AFP News (Published in Digital Journal) I February 10, 2022
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.