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 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 MoreFrogs win court battle against mining in Ecuador
Mongabay Latam Doménica Montaño October 13, 2020 On September 24, 2020, a judge accepted an action to protect the valley and its biodiversity. The decision could save dozens of endangered species. *This report is a journalistic alliance between Mongabay Latam and GK of Ecuador. In the valley of Intag, two ecosystems come together: a part […]
Read MoreMajor legal victory for endemic species in Ecuador and the Rights of Nature
The communities of Intag set a new precedent in their long struggle against mining “In a huge win for the environment, on Thursday 24 September a judge at the Cotacachi Court ruled that the Ministry of the Environment failed at its job of protecting species on the Llurimagua mining concession in northwestern Ecuador’s biodiverse cloud […]
Read MoreLa rana que podría finiquitar los planes de Codelco en el Ecuador
Informe de Defensoría del Pueblo Destaca Abusos Relacionados al Poyecto Llurimagua de ENAMI -C0DELCO (English below) Tras los devastadores hallazgos de la Contraloría General del Estado sobre la concesión minera de Llurimagua, anteriormente conocida como Junín, la Defensoría del Pueblo del Ecuador acaba de publicar un informe de 88 páginas sobre los abusos a los […]
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