Vetas activities In Vetas they are open to new economies but hope not to end mining
30 Aug 2021 - 9:09 p. m.
Redaccin Colombia
51% of the population of this municipality depends directly on mining activity, while the remaining 49% does so indirectly, according to a study by the Guayacanal Foundation.
51% of the population of this municipality depends directly on mining activity, while the remaining 49% does so indirectly, according to a study by the Guayacanal Foundation.
The process of agreement between the communities that live in the Santurbn pramo and the Ministry of the Environment to define the delimitation of this ecosystem are close to being resumed. Meanwhile, the community of Vetas, one of the municipalities involved in the process, and the Guayacanal Foundation presented a new proposal for the delimitation of the pramo area in their municipality.
According to the Foundation, a study was carried out that included technical, social, ecological and economic criteria, to propose a new delimitation that corrects the errors that were left in resolution 2090 of 2014, which delimited the limits of the Santurbn pramo. This resolution would be affecting the mining economy from which 51% of the windows benefit directly.
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"They consider that the delimitation should equally favor the ecosystem and the activities developed by its inhabitants, to prevent the municipality from disappearing and the communities being forced to move their homes and businesses to other municipalities or to the capital," said the Guayacanal Foundation. .
The study also warns that for the inhabitants of Vetas, mining, in addition to being the main source of income, is also a cultural and ancestral activity that does not affect the environment. In addition to the economic and cultural consequences, the vetains indicate that it has been proven that their mining area is not part of the pramo ecosystem.
Although the inhabitants of this municipality say they are open to new economic activities such as agricultural, livestock, forestry or ecotourism trades, they anticipate that none of these activities is as profitable as mining. They add that changing the main sources of income could even increase conflicts over land use.
As contemplated in the new delimitation proposal, the conservation area could be increased with respect to the one that currently exists. Resolution 2090 of 2014 has 6,380 hectares destined for this purpose, while with the proposal they hope to present, that area would increase to 6407 hectares.