Mining: Social Impacts in the Amazon

This research focuses on understanding the status and impacts of mineral extraction activities, from legal and illegal mining. In order to achieve this objective, this document seeks to give an overview to understand the Amazon as a region, a detailed analysis of the legal status of the territory, a detailed description of the state of legal and illegal activities in this sector, especially gold; an analysis of the social impacts of these activities; and closes with conclusions and recommendations.

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Title (Spanish)	Minería: Impactos sociales en la Amazonia
Organization	Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas - SINCHI
Language	Spanish
Year	2019
File type	pdf
Keywords English	Amazon, Colombia, conflict, deforestation, lands, mining, rights
Palabras clave Español	Amazonía, Colombia, conflicto, deforestación, tierras, minería, derechos
Palavras-chave Português	Amazônia, Colômbia, conflito, desmatamento, terras, mineração, direitos
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