Mercury and gold mining in Colombia: a failed state

 Identifying and analyzing the causes and consequences that generate the high consumption of mercury in gold mining activities is an internacional priority. In Colombia, eighty-seven percent of the country's gold mines have no mining title and only 3% posses environmental lawlessness, the failu...

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spelling Mercury and gold mining in Colombia: a failed statenullGüiza Suárez, Leonardo; Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá DC, ColombiaAristizabal, Juan David; Grupo de Investigación en Derechos Humanos Facultad de Jurisprudencia Universidad del Rosario Bogotá, ColombianullGold mining, mercury, informal mining, public policiesnullCiencias AmbientalesGold mining, mercury, informal mining, public policiesnull Identifying and analyzing the causes and consequences that generate the high consumption of mercury in gold mining activities is an internacional priority. In Colombia, eighty-seven percent of the country's gold mines have no mining title and only 3% posses environmental lawlessness, the failures of formalization programs and the inadequacy of importation controls on the supply are the cause of the high consumption of mercury in Colombian mining. To diagnose the country's gold mining activities and the excessive use of mercury in them, we used six information sources (semi-structured interviews, 2011 Census on Mining Activities), nine dependent and 21 independent variables. The study evidenced the miners' partiality in favor of the use of mercury in the procurement of gold; the process is easy, quick and inexpensive. Mercury concentrations were found to be above tolerable levels. In response, government has opted for a policy of persecution of the activity rather than the promotion of their formalization.nullPontificia Universidad JaveriananullDefensoría del Pueblo de Colombia2018-02-24T15:59:01Z2020-04-15T18:09:37Z2018-02-24T15:59:01Z2020-04-15T18:09:37Z2013-02-28http://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85Artículo de revistahttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:eu-repo/semantics/articleCuantitativo y cualitativoinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionPDFtext/htmlapplication/pdfhttp://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/scientarium/article/view/403210.11144/Javeriana.SC18-1.mgmc2027-13520122-7483http://hdl.handle.net/10554/31018enghttp://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/scientarium/article/view/4032/4243http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/scientarium/article/view/4032/4940http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/scientarium/article/view/4032/5229http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/scientarium/article/downloadSuppFile/4032/920Universitas Scientiarum; Vol 18, No 1 (2013); 33-49Universitas Scientiarum; Vol 18, No 1 (2013); 33-49Universitas Scientiarum; Vol 18, No 1 (2013); 33-49nullnullnullColombia2011-2012nullAtribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 4.0 Internacionalinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2reponame:Repositorio Universidad Javerianainstname:Pontificia Universidad Javerianainstacron:Pontificia Universidad Javeriana2023-03-28T21:15:57Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Mercury and gold mining in Colombia: a failed state
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title Mercury and gold mining in Colombia: a failed state
spellingShingle Mercury and gold mining in Colombia: a failed state
Güiza Suárez, Leonardo; Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá DC, Colombia
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Gold mining, mercury, informal mining, public policies
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Ciencias Ambientales
Gold mining, mercury, informal mining, public policies
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title_short Mercury and gold mining in Colombia: a failed state
title_full Mercury and gold mining in Colombia: a failed state
title_fullStr Mercury and gold mining in Colombia: a failed state
title_full_unstemmed Mercury and gold mining in Colombia: a failed state
title_sort Mercury and gold mining in Colombia: a failed state
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Güiza Suárez, Leonardo; Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá DC, Colombia
Aristizabal, Juan David; Grupo de Investigación en Derechos Humanos Facultad de Jurisprudencia Universidad del Rosario Bogotá, Colombia
author Güiza Suárez, Leonardo; Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá DC, Colombia
author_facet Güiza Suárez, Leonardo; Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá DC, Colombia
Aristizabal, Juan David; Grupo de Investigación en Derechos Humanos Facultad de Jurisprudencia Universidad del Rosario Bogotá, Colombia
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Gold mining, mercury, informal mining, public policies
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Gold mining, mercury, informal mining, public policies
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Gold mining, mercury, informal mining, public policies
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description  Identifying and analyzing the causes and consequences that generate the high consumption of mercury in gold mining activities is an internacional priority. In Colombia, eighty-seven percent of the country's gold mines have no mining title and only 3% posses environmental lawlessness, the failures of formalization programs and the inadequacy of importation controls on the supply are the cause of the high consumption of mercury in Colombian mining. To diagnose the country's gold mining activities and the excessive use of mercury in them, we used six information sources (semi-structured interviews, 2011 Census on Mining Activities), nine dependent and 21 independent variables. The study evidenced the miners' partiality in favor of the use of mercury in the procurement of gold; the process is easy, quick and inexpensive. Mercury concentrations were found to be above tolerable levels. In response, government has opted for a policy of persecution of the activity rather than the promotion of their formalization.
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