ABColombia expresses its concern about the environmental situation in Paimadó, in the Department of Chocó in Colombia, after we have...
Category: Extractives

International Water Day 2023
Leading environmental laws in Colombia still far from implementation “This World Water Day is about accelerating change to solve the...

Renewable energy: How does it differ from fossil fuel extractives when it comes to respecting the rights of communities and the environment?
There is an urgent need to mitigate the climate crisis, but this has to be done as a just transition...

UK and Irish Government Must Hold MNC operating in their Jurisdiction to Account
ABColombia is increasingly seeing the investor-State dispute settlement mechanism (ISDS) mechanisms in Investment and Trading Agreements used by multinational companies...

Communities resist the La Colosa Mine open-pit gold mine proposed in the Paramos of Tolima
La Colosa is AngloGold Ashanti’s proposed project for an open-pit gold mine spanning several rural municipalities in the department of...

Delegation of Parliamentarians to Colombia 2022
ABColombia’s delegation report on: Business, Environment and Human Rights, Justice and Sustainable Peace, and Women and Conflict related sexual violence....

The Wayúu Indigenous Peoples continue their Struggle for the rights of the Arroyo Bruno
“..the circular insanity of allowing the destruction of one of the most beautiful bio diverse places on this planet, to...

Proposed new Best Coal Company (BCC) open pit mine at Cañaverales
The village of Cañaverales is in the municipality of San Juan del Cesar in the south of the department of...

Public Statement: UK and Irish Parliamentary Delegation to Colombia Express Profound Concerns for the Rights of the Wayuu Indigenous Peoples and Afro-Colombian Communities in La Guajira, Colombia.

Public Statement: Colombian government authorises further destruction of Arroyo Bruno in La Guajira
On April 6 Government institutions announced their “final” decision to endorse the destruction of the natural course of the Bruno...
