Large-scale mining increases poverty in northern Colombia: UN

[Judi Lynn]

Large-scale mining increases poverty in northern Colombia: UN
posted by Maren Soendergaard
Jan 17, 2014

According to the United Nations, large-scale coal mining in northern Colombia has contributed to increased poverty, the Spanish EFE news agency reported Friday.

The areas most highly affected are the townships of El Hatillo and Plan Bonito in the municipality of El Paso, and Boqueron in La Jagua de Ibirico, all located in the state of Cesar, according to the cited UN report.

“Since the nineties, the presence of large-scale coal mining in the vicinity of these townships led to acute changes in the habits of the population,” the UN report was quoted as saying.

The three coal giants operating in this region are Drummond, CNR Americans and Prodeco, which is owned by Glencore Xstrata.
Mining in the region has taken severe tolls on “access to water, health, (and the) development of agricultural activity” and brought about drastic “change in their (the locals') environment,” stated the UN report.

More:
http://colombiareports.co/large-scale-mining-increase-poverty-northern-colombia-un/

[Socialistlemur]

1. Where is the UN report?

I can't find the original report being quoted here.