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 […]
Read MoreBREVE HISTORIA DE LA RESISTENCIA A LA MINERIA EN INTAG, ECUADOR** (abril 2024)
I. Antes de continuar, un breve, y parcial resumen de los hechos y logros desde la última actualización 2017: La Decoin fue premiada por las Naciones Unidas con el Premio Ecuatorial 2017 por nuestro trabajo en favor de la conservación y apoyo al desarrollo sustentable. Es el premio más importante del mundo que se otorga […]
Read MoreNEW DOCUMENTARY ON THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNALS IN INTAG’S STRUGGLE AGAINST THE EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRY
This short documentary highlights one of the most powerful forces communities come up against in their resistance to extractivism that most people don’t know about. After you watch the documentary you will see what a miracle it is when communities defeat multinational coorporations. Intag has sucessfully struggled agains six of these corporations these past 39 […]
Read MoreECUADOR: THE WAR FOR THE IMBABURA COPPER BELT
Published 6 July del 2021 by PLAN V Magazine https://www.planv.com.ec/investigacion/investigacion/ecuador-la-guerra-el-cinturon-del-cobre-imbabura Last May, there was a mobilization of Hanrine company workers against the National Police Command in Quito. The company has accused this institution and the Ministry of Government of not opening the public access road to one of the concessions, which is occupied by the […]
Read MoreTwenty-four reasons why Codelco shouldn’t mess with Llurimagua’s Intag mining project
Carlos Zorrilla updated March 2023) UPDATE MARCH 29, 2023: AFTER NEARLY 3 DECADES OF STRUGGLE, INTAG COMMUNITIES WIN! #25!! The Imbabura Provincial Court finally agreed with the communities and ruled against the Llurimagua mining project, revoking the environmental license and ordering a total cessation of all mining activity within the mining concession. The ruling was […]
Read MoreA tale of two frogs, six mining companies and much, much more
Carlos Zorrilla From the outside looking in, it’s easy to get the impression that it’s a black-and-white struggle of two critically endangered frogs versus a massive transnational copper mining project. In part, you’d be right. But it’s much more than that. It could be said that it all started in the 1980’s when a Belgian-government […]
Read MoreGlobal biodiversity hotspot faces mining threat Endangered amphibians, including a toad new to science, are at risk from planned copper extraction in Ecuador’s cloud forests Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit Email to a friend By Kenny Taylor Published: April 4, 2022 at 7:00 am Part of the most wildlife-rich zone in the world […]
Read MoreComisión de biodiversidad fiscalizará a sectores minero, petrolero, hidrocarburos e hidroeléctricas en Ecuador
Comunicado de Prensa Bnamericas Publicado: lunes, 20 septiembre, 2021 Comunidad Asamblea Nacional Con ocho votos, la Comisión de Biodiversidad resolvió iniciar el proceso de fiscalización a los sectores estratégicos y la regularización ambiental a todo tipo de minería en Ecuador; el seguimiento y control de concesiones mineras y plantas de beneficios; así como, en los […]
Read MoreFrom Intag’s local governments and organizations: Dear Codelco, BHP, Cornerstone and Sunstone
(Letter was physically delivered to companies and government officials in Quito, 12-Sept-2021) IF you withhold this information from your financiers and shareholders, you will be withholding material information. But you know that, right?? Intag Zone, Province of lmbabura, Ecuador August 24, 2021 Theme: Unconsulted mining in our territories threatens water sources. To the CEOs and […]
Read MoreNew president proposes ban on open pit mining in Ecuador
Unlike all the B.S. the pro-mining press is reporting on about Lasso’s friendly mining agenda, just days before the second round of elections, on this pre-election article by Ecuador’s largest newspaper, candidate Guillermo Lasso proposes to ban open pit mining in the country and instead, support tourism. Guillermo Lasso plantea prohibir la minería en cielo […]
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