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Saturday, May 20, 2023

Chemical spill in Nicaraguan reserve raises questions about industrial mining regulations

 Earlier this month, chemicals believed to be cyanide leaked from a processing plant run by Colombian gold mining company Hemco in Bonanza, a town located inside an autonomous region controlled by several Indigenous groups. The plant also sits within the buffer zone of the Bosawás Biosphere Reserve, the country’s largest protected area.

read more... https://news.mongabay.com/2023/05/chemical-spill-in-nicaraguan-reserve-raises-questions-about-industrial-mining-regulations/

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