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Friday, May 27, 2011

Bolivia: Communities Pioneer Sustainable Development https://nacla.org/blog/bolivia-communities-pioneer-sustainable-development

Deep in the Yungas cloud forest outside La Paz, Bolivia, in Cotapata National Park, the Cotapata Mining Cooperative (see video below) is producing the world’s first “fair-trade/ fair-mined” gold, certified last December by the non-profit Fairtrade International (FLO) and the Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM). The cooperative was officially formed in 1991 when it secured land rights and a mining concession from the government, after many years of informal mining activity.

[IM ALL FOR SAFE MINING AND LOCAL EXPLOITATION OF MINERALS,NOT MULTINATIONAL MINING INTERESTS WICH PLUNDER,PAY LOW ROYALTEES,AND DESTROY THE COMMUNITIES..

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