Watch: Under Rich Earth
Under Rich Earth tells the story of an extraordinary collision between humble family farmers and the powerful global mining industry. Passionate and provocative, Under Rich Earth offers critical insights from 'peasant' farmers whose communities are torn apart by global forces. Learn more about this remarkable film ».-
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- NEWS UPDATE (on other things besides mining… well, almost)
- COPPER MESA DELISTED FROM THE TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE!!
- DECOIN’s Assembly: Photos and Text (en español e inglés)
- PINETREE and Copper Mesa Mining Corporation’s Latest Bullish Report
- COPPER MESA SELLING ITS FLOTSAM
- Article 24 and Copper Mesa’s -Nortec doomed venture
- Nineteen Reasons Why Nortec Ventures Should Stay Out of the Intag Region of Ecuador
- Mining ban lift? Maybe, but not for Copper Mesa
- COPPER MESA SUED IN CANADA
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About DECOIN
DECOIN was founded in January 1995 as a grass-roots environmental organization to find ways to conserve the unique biodiversity in the Intag area of northwestern Ecuador. The area is part of two of the world's most important biotic regions, the Tropical Andes, and the Chocó-Darien Western-Ecuadorian Biological Hotpots. The area of influence of our work encompasses several life zones, including tropical rain forests, and cloud forests. More...Every year, Ecuador loses another 2.3 percent of its forests - it has the highest deforestation rate in South America. In an effort to reverse the trend with local and regional eco-activism, the grass-roots organization DECOIN was founded in January of 1995.
DECOIN (Organizacion para la Defensa y Conservacion Ecologica de Intag) is a regional organization created to battle perhaps the greatest threat to the forests: the mining companies that have thousands of acres of government-granted concessions throughout the Intag.