Environmental impact of the illegal exploitation of gold in the department of Chocó

Mining, one of the economic activities generated by more different impacts is to produce significant economic resources which are then incorporated into the budgets of the States, but when this activity is done illegally economic consequences, social and environmental are incalculable. In Colombia the exploitation of illegal mining has become one of the main problems of the last few years for the authorities, because it is interspersed with some legal holdings or its activity is carried out in places so different and distant from the wide geography of the country, which makes it even more difficult its monitoring and controlwhich is used by groups on the fringes of the law to carry out their illicit activities, who, using force and intimidation to the communities that live in this territory, who are mostly people of African descent, to move or deliver their territories or to undergo work without minimum guarantees neither wage nor social security and industrial. This document aims to capture the different consequences which the illegal exploitation of gold in the Department of Chocó, region that has one of the most prolific territories of this precious metal in Colombia and where it is located an area extremely rich in water resources, fauna, flora and woodlots, mainly highlighting the impact on the environment, this illegal practice.

• Autores: Yasno Bermeo, Fernando
• Fecha de publicación: 2014
• Institución: Universidad Militar Nueva Granada
• Repositorio: Repositorio UMNG
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:repository.umng.edu.co:10654/13028
• Acceso en línea: https://hdl.handle.net/10654/13028
• Palabra clave: INDUSTRIA DEL ORO - ASPECTOS AMBIENTALES - CHOCO (COLOMBIA); MINAS DE ORO - CHOCO (COLOMBIA); Illegal mining; Department of Chocó; illegal gold; environment; illegal exploitation of gold; illegal groups in the Chocó; Minería Ilegal; Departamento del Chocó; Oro ilegal; Medio Ambiente; Explotación Ilegal de Oro; Grupos Ilegales en el Chocó
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