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Tag: environment
The gold-mining city that is destroying a sacred Venezuelan mountain
Article by Samantha Schmidt, Ana Vanessa Herrero and Janice Kai Chen, Washington Post I December 6, 2022
Report of the independent international fact-finding mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Report by the Human Rights Council, UN I September 20, 2022
The Myth of Responsible Mining Debunked: Venezuela’s Orinoco Mining Arc
Article by Angeles Zuniga, Weave News I July 22, 2022
Venezuela’s environmental crisis: ‘the beginning of a wave of destruction’
Article by Gideon Long, Financial Times I January 16, 2022
Why Venezuela’s “ecocide” must not be ignored
Article by Patrick Mulholland, The New Statesman | November 24, 2021 (Mentions SOSOrinoco)
A Vast South American Wilderness Is Under Siege From Illegal Mining
Article by YaleEnvironment360 | August 5, 2021
Venezuela’s Maduro Should Be Tried for Ecocide
Article by Ryan Berg, Foreign Policy | May 14, 2021
Venezuela’s Ecological Death Spiral: Formulating a Global Response
Article by Cristina V. Burelli & Claudia Fernandez, CSIS | April 5, 2021
Opinion: The world must act to stop Venezuela’s environmental destruction
Article by Francisco Dallmeier & Cristina V. Burelli, Washington Post | February 22, 2021
Venezuelan artists join forces with SOSOrinoco in denouncing and exposing ecocide in Venezuela
“Para reflexionar sobre la destrucción ambiental asociada a la minería, es necesario comprenderla no solo a nivel geográfico, sino también a nivel existencial. En la región amazónica, la destrucción significa más que la contaminación de los ríos, el exterminio de plantas endémicas y el asesinato de animales y pueblos indígenas.» se pregunta Ana Alenso.
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