El Ceibo and other cooperatives opposed mining, fearing mercury contamination could strip them of international certifications. “Even if small-scale mining were permitted, it’s a slippery slope,” Mamani says. “Contamination would be unavoidable, and if we lost our certifications, the price of our cacao would plummet.”
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