Tepuy Kusari: Scandal in Venezuela for a luxury party in the Canaima National Park
Article by The Goa Spotlight I February 10, 2022
Tag: Canaima
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Statement by SOSOrinoco on parties on the summit of tepuis
A National Park is a superlative, exceptional natural space that belongs to all Venezuelans, which due to its immense value, not only ecological but also symbolic, must be treated with veneration and respect, as a natural SACRED TEMPLE. Tepuis mountains are sacred and highly respected by the Pemón people, the ancestral inhabitants of Gran Sabana […]
Venezuela’s environmental crisis: ‘the beginning of a wave of destruction’
Article by Gideon Long, Financial Times I January 16, 2022
Les ravages de la ruée vers l’or au sud de l’Orénoque
Article by Patrick Bele, Le Figaro (Page 14) | December 29, 2021
Decreto 276 | Reglamento Parcial de la Ley Orgánica para la Ordenación del Territorio sobre administración y manejo de parques nacionales y monumentos naturales
Canaima World Heritage Site: Controversy at the 44th Session of the World Heritage Centre (UNESCO) in Fuzhou, China - July 16-30, 2021
Three years after SOSOrinoco started to inform the World Heritage Centre and publishing multiple reports about the critical illegal mining situation, the Maduro Regime finally sent a report on Canaima. The World Heritage Centre emitted a resolution that was approved without discussion or amendments on July 23, 2021
2021 Report World Heritage Watch - Report on Canaima World Heritage Site
The year 2020 marked the 58th anniversary of the founding of Canaima National Park, a World Heritage Site (CNP-WHS), celebrated while the park lay under siege by the illegal mining operations inside its boundaries as well as in adjacent areas.
Voice of the indigenous peoples living South of the Orinoco River
What exactly happened in Canaima on December 8-9, 2018?
Canaima: A Paradise Poisoned by Gold
Report by Lisseth Boon & Lorena Meléndez G. Alianza Rebelde Investiga | August 2020 (Mentions SOSOrinoco)
2020 Report World Heritage Watch - Report on Canaima World Heritage Site
World Heritage Watch – page 69: Report on Canaima World Heritage Site by SOSOrinoco A gold rush is having a negative impact on Canaima National Park (CNP), a World Heritage Site. Various studies have demonstrated the destruction of at least 521 hectares of its ecosystems It becomes necessary for UNESCO to include CNP on the […]
Wall Street Journal article | Desperate Venezuelans Dig Up Paradise in Search of Gold
An in depth article by the Wall Street Journal discusses the content of the report presented by SOSOrinoco to International Union for Conservation of Nature IUCN & UNESCO in July 2018 on the current gold mining situation in Canaima National Park: A World Heritage Site in Venezuela
New satellite images confirm illegal mining inside Canaima National Park
Illegal mining within the Canaima National Park in #Venezuela, a World Heritage Site designated by @unescowhc.@NicolasMaduro gov’t is responsible for this ecocide. We should raise our voices against this ecocide @UNEnvironment @UN #sosOrinoco