A letter of caution to those thinking about investing in mining in Intag, a hotspot of biodiversity in Ecuador’s Andes. Continue reading
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MINING COMPANIES TAKE NOTE: PROJECTS WILL BE AUDITED
The General Comptroller of the State will audit the mining projects: Fruta del Norte, Mirador, Quimsacocha, Río Blanco, San Carlos-Panantza, Llurimagua and Cascabel. This was stated on Tuesday by Yaku Pérez, president of the Ecuarunari, commenting on the results of … Continue reading
HANDS OFF INTAG- MUNICIPALITY OF COTACACHI, ECUADOR, CALLS ON WORLD’S LARGEST MINING COMPANY TO LEAVE ITS TERRITORY
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Rediscovery of the nearly extinct longnose harlequin frog Atelopus longirostris (Bufonidae) in Junín, Imbabura, Ecuador
source:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23766808.2017.1327000 We report the recent finding of four adults of Atelopus longirostris, a Critically Endangered species that was last seen in 1989, when catastrophic Atelopus declines occurred. The rediscovery of A. longirostris took place in a new locality, Junín, 1250–1480 … Continue reading
Municipio de Cotacachi emite resolución en rechazo a la actividad minera
El Concejo Municipal de Cotacachi en pleno aprobó la resolución que rechaza las actividades mineras en el cantón. Según informaron, lo hacen tomando como antecedentes importantes el incumplimiento de los estudios de impacto ambiental, el caso omiso a las denuncias … 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
Javier Ramirez wins again in tense election.
While Ecuador and Codelco try to sell the myth everyone is happy in Intag with their project, they lose critical support at the communities closest to the project