Geoindicators for Assessing Illegal Gold Mining Environmental Impacts In Choco, Colombia

Author(s)/Creator(s)

Jennifer Angel-AmayaFollow

Document Type

Poster

Language

English

Date

Summer 8-9-2021

Keywords

environmental impacts, Choco, Colombia, mining, geoindicators, alluvial gold

Description/Abstract

In Choco artisanal gold mining has been made for centuries. However, since 2009, with the rise in gold prices, alluvial mining has been mechanized causing social and environmental devastation.

Colombia´s T-622 (2016) ruling calls for the restoration of affected areas. Geoindicators could be used to assess the environmental impacts prior restoration.

Disciplines

Engineering | Mining Engineering

Funder(s)

Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs (ECA) of the U.S. Department of State

Funding ID

S-ECAGD-21-CA-3004

Recommended Citation

Angel-Amaya, Jennifer, "Geoindicators for Assessing Illegal Gold Mining Environmental Impacts In Choco, Colombia" (2021). International Programs. 133.
https://surface.syr.edu/eli/133

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License

Additional Information

This work has been created with support from the Institute of International Education (IIE)/Fulbright - English for Graduate Students Program.

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