How Green is Copper? by Nicola Peel
How Green is Copper? With a rush for electric cars and renewable power some of the most biodiverse areas on Earth are under threat. Hidden beneath primary forest teeming with life metals lay buried.
Whilst Ecuador was the first country in the world to put the #rightsofnature in its #constitution, sadly this has not stopped foreign interest from wanting to mine one of the most biodiverse places on the planet.
The Los Cedros Reserve is almost 12,000 acres of untouched cloud forest. Imagine over 400 different kinds of orchids, over 350 species of birds, 800 different kinds of moths and uncountable species of fungi. 5 critically endangered and 31 endangered species make this their home.
This little known reserve is more biodiverse than the Amazon.
Still the Canadian mining company Cornerstone Capital Resources buy off the local people with trinkets , beads and the promise of work. They do not talk about the potential risk of contaminating their water source or of what will happen when they leave.
The world is watching this vital case. If Nature wins it means that not only Los Cedros can breathe a sigh of relief but over 6 million acres of protected land which is under the threat of mining. This will in turn set an international precedent.
You may think that protected land is protected but sadly that is not the case. It is vital in this era of climate and ecological collapse that we save these last havens of life and avoid the risk of potential #ecocide .
For more see https://loscedrosreserve.org/how-green-is-copper/
Written by Nicola Peel, Environmental Education, Speaker, Solutionist
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