{"id":22968,"date":"2024-11-11T19:59:49","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T00:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dplf.org\/en\/?post_type=mec-events&p=22968"},"modified":"2024-11-11T19:59:49","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T00:59:49","slug":"illegal-gold-mining-impacts-on-human-rights-and-biodiversity-in-the-amazon-region","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/dplf.org\/en\/event\/feed\/illegal-gold-mining-impacts-on-human-rights-and-biodiversity-in-the-amazon-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Illegal Gold Mining: Impacts on Human Rights and Biodiversity in the Amazon Region"},"content":{"rendered":"

Join us for the launch of Illegal Gold Mining: Impacts on Human Rights and Biodiversity in the Amazon – Six Countries Report<\/em><\/strong>. This event will feature key voices in environmental justice who will address the urgent need for a collaborative response to illegal gold mining and its impacts on human rights and biodiversity in the Amazon. It marks the launch of the report in English and will provide a platform for Indigenous leaders, scholars, and advocates to discuss transnational solutions.<\/p>\n

Event Details<\/h3>\n

The event will be held in Spanish.<\/p>\n

– Date: Wednesday, November 13, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

– Time: 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. EST<\/strong><\/p>\n

– Location: Pedro Arrupe, S.J. Hall Multipurpose Room<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

– Streaming: GAI YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Featuring<\/h3>\n

Luis Almagro\u00a0<\/b>is the secretary-general for the Organization of American States. Juan Sebastian Anaya\u00a0<\/b>is an advocacy advisor at Fundaci\u00f3n Gaia Amazonas in Colombia. Silvana Baldovino Beas\u00a0<\/b>is director of the Biodiversity and Indigenous Peoples Program of the Peruvian Society of Environmental Law (SPDA). Oscar Campanini<\/b> is director of the Bolivian Documentation and Information Center (CEDIB). Diana Kapiszewski\u00a0<\/b>is director of the Center for Latin American Studies and an associate professor in the Department of Government at Georgetown University. Olnar Ortiz\u00a0<\/b>is a leader in the Ind\u00edgena del Pueblo Bare de la Amazonia Venezolana. Katya Salazar\u00a0<\/b>is executive director of the Due Process Foundation (DPLF). Walter Quertehuari Dariquebe <\/b>is an indigenous leader of the Wachiperi \u2013 Harakbut\u00a0 people. Cristina Vollmer <\/b>de Burelli is the CEO and co-founder of V5 Initiative.<\/p>\n

This event is sponsored by the Georgetown Americas Institute at Georgetown University, Due Process Law Foundation, Gaia Amazonas, Hutukara, Fundacion Pachamama, People in Need, SPDA, Centro de Documentacion e Informacion Bolivia, and SOS Orinoco.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Join us for the launch of Illegal Gold Mining: Impacts on Human Rights and Biodiversity in the Amazon – Six Countries Report. This event will feature key voices in environmental justice who will address the urgent need for a collaborative response to illegal gold mining and its impacts on human rights and biodiversity in the Amazon. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":22969,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"mec_category":[804,806,807,809,810,813,816],"mec_speaker":[],"mec_tag":[],"class_list":["post-22968","mec-events","type-mec-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mec_category-america-del-sur","mec_category-bolivia","mec_category-brasil","mec_category-colombia","mec_category-ecuador","mec_category-peru","mec_category-venezuela"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dplf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events\/22968"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dplf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dplf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mec-events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dplf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dplf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22968"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dplf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events\/22968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22972,"href":"https:\/\/dplf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events\/22968\/revisions\/22972"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dplf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dplf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"mec_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dplf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec_category?post=22968"},{"taxonomy":"mec_speaker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dplf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec_speaker?post=22968"},{"taxonomy":"mec_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dplf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec_tag?post=22968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}