100,000 Ecuadorians protest Canadian mining project threatening key water source (news.mongabay.com)

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More than 100,000 people marched through Cuenca, a city in southern Ecuador, on Sept. 16, demanding that federal authorities revoke an environmental license for a gold mining project that may impact an important freshwater source.

The Loma Larga mining project, run by Canadian mining company Dundee Precious Metals, borders the 3,200-hectare (7,900-acre) Quimsacocha National Recreation Area, located within the UNESCO Macizo del Cajas Biosphere Reserve. Quimsacocha is a central source of clean freshwater in the Andean páramo tundra located approximately 30 kilometers (18.5 miles) southeast of Cuenca.

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[-] Megaman_EXE@beehaw.org 5 points 1 week ago

This is, I think(?) the second time I'm hearing about this. I'm either not paying enough attention to canadian news, or it's not being covered here. That business shouldn't be allowed to mine there. I'm embarrassed that they would ruin our reputation like that, but at the same time, it seems the rich & powerful do that quite frequently nowadays.

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