Court admits class action against Bolivian authorities accused of allowing illegalmining at national park
The fourth constitutional chamber of the La Paz departmental court of justice admitted a class action against five authorities blamed for allowing or encouraging destructive mining operations in the Madidi national park, located in western Bolivia.
The class action calls for an ecological pause and the cessation of extractive activities that affect the environment and Indigenous peoples.Madidi occupies an area of 18,958 square kilometres in the upper Amazon river basin and is part of one of the largest protected areas in the world together with the nearby Manuripi-Heath wildlife national reserve, the Apolobamba integrated management natural area and, across the Peruvian border, the Manu biosphere reserve.
It also demands a stop to the granting of mining rights that lead to mineral exploitation in special protection zones. The legal request also calls for a halt to any actions or activities that alter the natural course of rivers in the region and/or cause mercury contamination. The plaintiffs say that such operations endanger the ecological balance of the integrated management natural area of the Madidi national park and the health of the Indigenous peoples who live there.
During her press conference, Senator Requena said that, given that the court admitted the class action without making any observations, she is optimistic that it will declare an ecological pause at Madidi as a precautionary measure to prevent further destruction of the national park.
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