Throughout the war, the environment has been a victim of the activities of both the state and the various armed groups, perpetuating both legal and illegal economies. A very clear example of this dual illegal/legal destruction is the case of gold mining, where illegal gold mining has often paved the way for legal forms of extraction – contaminating local environments to such an extent that no other activity is possible, as can be witnessed in Chocó, a region on the Pacific northwest coast, now experiencing mass environmental devastation due to mercury poisoning from illegal gold mining.
https://www.opendemocracy.net/hannah-meszaros-martin/how-to-make-peace-with-forest-development-and-war-in-colombia
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