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rejecting a mining concession approved by the Mining and Metallurgical Geological Institute in the Maynas region., granted to the local company Raíces Gaddaffy, sits in the upper basin of the Nanay River, which is a tributary of the Amazon River and the main source of fresh water for 500,000 people who live in the departmental capital, Iquitos, and nearby areas.The river has a high fish species richness, including several that are of interest to the aquarium industry.
According to the Regional Organization of Indigenous Peoples of the East , the river basin is already showing signs of pollution caused by more than 120 mining dredges that“We want to warn the Loreto society about how badly similar experiences have turned out elsewhere, as is the case in the, where illegal mining has polluted rivers, caused local extinctions and biodiversity losses, and spurred criminal activities,” Orpio’s media statement reads.
The Indigenous group is also pressing for government action to remove the dredgers that pollute the Nanay River and another 11Prior to Orpio’s release, the Loreto College of Biologists expressed a similar position and pointed out that, by granting the concession, Ingemmet breached Regional Ordinance No.
, which declares the Nanay River basin as “an exclusion zone for mining extraction activities and other activities that alter the vegetation.”accumulation of mercuryMining.com reached out to Ingemmet for comment on the situation but did not receive an answer by publication time.
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