US EditionEcuador Suspends Mining Activities in Three Provinces Due to Serious Environmental Impact
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The suspension of illegal mining in Ecuador erupts as a strong response to the accelerated degradation of strategic ecosystems and the direct threat to access to water. The uncontrolled advance of clandestine activities has forced the State to take an extreme measure that reflects the severity of an environmental crisis accumulated over the years. The national government, by a resolution of the Ministry of Environment and Energy led by Inés Manz…
By GABRIELA MOLINA QUITO (AP) — The Ecuadorian government suspended mining activities Monday in three areas of the Amazon and southern regions of the country after determining serious environmental damage caused by illegal mining. The resolution, signed by Environment Minister Inés Manzano, applies to the provinces of Napo, in the Amazon, and El Oro and Loja, in the southern border region with Peru. A technical report cited in the official docum…
In several provinces of the country, the presence of illegal activities causes multiple environmental damage and affects major rivers
Guayaquil.- The Ecuadorian Government has suspended all mining activities in the Amazonian province of Napo and also in the El Oro and Loja benefit plants, bordering Peru, due to the contamination of sensitive ecosystems and water sources caused by illegal activities, the Ministry of Environment and Energy has reported. The measure is taken after the presence of “heavy metals such as copper, lead, arsenic and cadmium, as well as cyanide, in conc…
Chamber of Mining of Ecuador supported government actions against illegal mining in Napo and clarified that it has no affiliated companies in that province.
The resolution was issued on February 2 by the Ministry of Environment, Water and Energy, following technical reports that show serious environmental impacts, especially in the Amazon and southern Ecuador, caused by the illicit extraction of minerals.
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