Protected areas affected: Cuenca del Río Guayabamba (Area 1); Flanco Oriental de Pichincha and cinturón verde de Quito; and Maquipucuna. The first two mentioned are state run and the latter is private.
Important Events
Codelco awarded concessions in protected areas close to Quito
Ecuadorians call on Chile to stop financing human rights abuses.
On Monday, February 6, hundreds of Ecuadorians from different mining-affected communities, including those from 22 communities in the Intag area, came to Quito to express their rejection of mining activities carried out in their territories. Other residents of the Pacto … Continue reading
Twenty-One Reasons Why Codelco should stay out of the Llurimagua mining Project in Intag
The communities of Intag, backed by most local governments, have forced two transnational mining companies to abandoned the Llurimagua mining project since 1995, the year the resistance to mining initiated in Intag. Since 2012, the government of Ecuador, with support … Continue reading
The Most Recent Letter From Intag’s Four Most Crucial Communities to Chile’s President
Click here to view the letter to Chile´s president: Carta a Bachelet
Dragones en el Eden
Haga Click Aqui para el documento completo/Click here for to get the attachement:DRAGONES EN EL EDEN Junio 2016
Breaking News: CODELCO in Intag
Click on the following link for the latest on Codelco in Ecuador: CODELCO IN INTAG Update PDF
More Images of the destructive presence of CODELCO and ENAMI in Intag
Cotacachi approval of Codelco – Enami mining project sets the stage for widespread conflicts
The main issue on the agenda of the official Municipal session this past Wednesday the 13th, was a vote on whether to approve or deny a permit needed by the government mining company to continue with its plans to start … Continue reading