Climate crisis Archives

Climate crisis

Biodiversidad Biodiversity Clean energy Climate crisis Cloud forest Codelco Copper Decoin Development Ecuador Endangered species Energy transition Impacts of energy transition Impacts of mining Intag Llurimagua Mining and Biodiversity Resistencia a la minería

What Would You Call It?

Typical cloud forest in the Intag region of Ecuador. Photo Credit: author Imagine living in one of the most beautiful and biodiverse places on Earth: the Intag region of Northwest Ecuador. It’s a land blessed with clean rivers, dozens of waterfalls, pristine cloud forests, and small, peaceful agricultural communities. The soil is fertile, the landscape […]

Biodiversity Clean energy Climate crisis Codelco, Copper, Intag, Biodiversity

BRIEF HISTORY OF RESISTANCE TO MINING IN INTAG, ECUADOR (April 2024)**

The Twins Waterfall. Llurimagua Mining Concession. (Carlos Zorrilla) –Computer translated– I. Before continuing, a brief, and partial summary of the facts and achievements since the last update 2017: La Decoin was awarded by the United Nations with the 2017 Equatorial Prize for our work in favor of conservation and support for sustainable development. It is […]

BHP Biodiversity Clean energy Climate crisis Codelco, Copper, Intag, Biodiversity Copper Decoin.org

Recordar

A veces es necesario parar… y recordar lo que esta en juego, y por qué se lucha. El futuro de nuestra zona depende, en gran medida, en la capacidad de reaccionar a los impactos sociales y ambientales gravísimos previstos en el Estudio de Impacto Ambiental preliminar hecho por expertos japoneses para una pequeña mina […]

BHP Biodiversity Climate crisis Cloud forest Codelco, Copper, Intag, Biodiversity Copper Ecuador Endangered species Impacts of mining Intag Pandemia

When I think of the copper laying below Intag’s forests

When I think of the copper laying beneath Intag’s cloud forests the last thing I think about is clean energy for the poor of our planet. I know better. Rather, I think of death. I think of contamination of pristine rivers and streams with arsenic and lead that will last a thousand years. Of acid […]