Fundaredes warned about the “serious risk” in which these natural spaces are as a result of illegal mining that is practiced within protected areas, especially the parks within the Orinoco Mining Arc.
The NGO Fundaredes denounced in its latest report that the country’s national parks and monuments present a “massive destruction” due to extractivist activities, the permissiveness of the State and the lack of environmental awareness of citizens.
In The reportpublished on Friday the 20th, it was detailed that “Venezuela has 44 national parks, 36 natural monuments and 76 recreation parks distributed throughout the national territory, which, as a result of abandonment, extractive activities, economic interests and the state indifference, have been suffering a process of massive destruction”.
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Given this, Fundaredes warned about the “serious risk” in which these natural spaces are at consequence of illegal mining that is practiced within protected areas, especially the parks within the Orinoco Mining Arc, and holds the Venezuelan State directly responsible for being in complicity with this type of activity.
In addition to illegal mining, Fundaredes identified other activities that affect natural areas such as massive construction, the secondary effects of industrial activities, slashing and burning, as well as land invasions and agricultural work.
“The conditions in which parks such as Henri Pittier, Sierra Nevada, Canaima, Yapacana, Morrocoy, Los Roques and Waraira-Repano (El Ávila) are found, show the signs of devastation left by anarchy and the policies that the State maintains to evade its obligations in environmental matters, which has resulted in serious and extensive damage to the habitat, ”says the report.
In this sense, Fundaredes urged the State to adopt administrative, legislative and judicial measures that guarantee the protection of Venezuelan biodiversity and natural heritage.
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