Similarly, the Public Ministry insisted on the priority of defining the areas subject to mining formalization processes, in order to reduce illegality, for which postponed the meeting between communities and authorities in the municipality for next August 22so that the new government can get involved in the process.
According to attorney Guerrero Ruiz, The contamination that the Surata River is suffering today and the irreversible destruction of the paramo is not speculation. on account of the activities where mercury is used, which contaminate water sources.
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“We are postponing the work table convened in California (Santander) for the last week of August, so that the participation of the new government can be counted on, but also so that the mayor of the municipality can prepare the work plan to eradicate illegal mining activities”, he pointed out.
The Attorney will articulate the institutions and all those interested in working on initiatives that seek the protection of the moorbeyond its delimitation, “such as the declaration of protected areas and the processes of substitution and productive reconversion for the peasants who inhabit these areas.”
