2022 Report World Heritage Watch - Report on Canaima World Heritage Site
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
Tag: Illegal mining
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Upper Orinoco-Casiquiare Biosphere Reserve: Garimpeiro Invasion from Brazil Intensifies with Support from the Venezuelan Government
In this update of the report published in August 2020, recent data is presented on the human rights situation of the indigenous peoples that inhabit the RBAOC, with emphasis on the health and health care issues, as well as the continued and increasing invasion of illegal miners “garimpeiros” from Brazil. In addition, the recent events […]
The Destruction of Venezuela’s Amazon Is Going Virtually Unnoticed
Article by Cristina Vollmer Burelli, Americas Quarterly I October 18, 2022
Venezuelan Amazon deforestation expands due to lawlessness, mining, fires: Reports
Article by Jeanfreddy Gutiérrez Torres, Mongabay I August 31, 2022
Der Goldabbau ist lukrativ – für die Mächtigen
Article by Elisa Kautzky, Welt-Sichten I August 26, 2022
Brazilian miners ramp up their invasion of Yanomami land in Venezuela
Article by Maxwell Radwin, Mongabay I July 29, 2022
The Myth of Responsible Mining Debunked: Venezuela’s Orinoco Mining Arc
Article by Angeles Zuniga, Weave News I July 22, 2022
Venezuela: Mining Destroys Lives of Indigenous Communities
Article by Julieta Pelcastre, Diálogo Américas I July 8, 2022
Venezuela: Mining Destroys Lives of Indigenous Communities
Article by Julieta Pelcastre, Diálogo Américas I July 8, 2022
Yanomami Indigenous People at Risk in Venezuela
Article by Martina Rapido Ragozzino, Human Rights Watch I July 1, 2022
Extracting gold and other minerals in Venezuela: The environmental crisis we don’t talk about
Panel by the OECD I May 2, 2022
The Hidden Crisis: Venezuela’s Imminent Ecocide and the Orinoco Mining Arc
Article by Angeles Zuniga, Weave News I April 5, 2022