The ruler said that he receives daily reports complete with videos and photographs of all the work to protect, defend and clean up the Venezuelan Amazon against illegal mining from Brazil and Colombia. According to estimates by various NGOs, illegal mining and the Orinoco Mining Arc project have devastated 51,286 hectares.
This Monday, June 19, the president Nicolas Maduro reported that a “deep battle” is taking place against illegal mining in national parks and in the Venezuelan Amazon.
During his “Con Maduro +” program, which changed the schedule at 7:00 p.m., Maduro assured that the head of the Operational Strategic Command of the National Armed Forces (Ceofan)G/J Domingo Hernandez Larez, “He is in front with all his work team. The order I have given is Clean all the national parks, the entire Amazon of Venezuela, of illegal and destructive mining. “Let the laws be respected.”
He added that the Venezuelan State will guarantee healthy forests, for which he instructed to recover the Amazon because “it is a commitment that we have with our people and they are also commitments of an international nature.” For this reason, he emphasized that a “tremendous battle” is taking place, little known and disseminated. In southern Venezuela, the National Armed Force (FAN)Hundreds and thousands of soldiers are there day and night,” he said.
According to the president, he receives daily reports complete with videos and photographs of all the work to protect, defend and clean up the Venezuelan Amazon against illegal mining in Brazil and Colombia.
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last June 9 a commission of indigenous peoples of Amazon demanded the Ombudsman, Alfredo Ruíz, to explain the actions his office has taken to denounce illegal mining in that state and the destruction of the environment in national parks and other protected areas.
In the writingsigned by 39 organizations and more than 30 spokespersons for indigenous peoples, expressed their concern about illegal mining and the environmental repercussions in the seven municipalities of the state of Amazonas, especially in the Yapacana National Park.
According to estimates by various NGOs, illegal mining and the Orinoco Mining Arc project have devastated 51,286 hectares. They have identified 680 active mines in the Guayana region, at least 59 of them located within the Canaima National Park.
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