We have also found proof of mining rafts on the Caroní River and its tributaries, within the national park. At least 10 rafts could be counted through very high resolution satellite images.
Access to very high resolution images of different times is necessary to monitor the activity of the rafts in the sectors of greatest ecological vulnerability.
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Video of the mine and the mining rafts in Aripichi, Caroní River
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Party on the summit of a sacred mountain
The news of the party at the top of the tepuy raised an unexpected and unprecedented wave of indignation in the Venezuelan media and social networks, which even generated an echo in international media. Beyond the illegality of this activity, according to the Venezuelan protection laws on national parks, the fact that it took place in the midst of the current extreme economic and social precariousness in which the vast majority of Venezuelans, generalized impoverishment, and the closure of all democratic avenues to resolve the very serious political crisis that is the fundamental cause of this situation, has generated a virulent reaction of indignation, which is reflected in some of the caricatures here below.
Read articles about the controversy here
Interviews and opinion pieces here
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Statement by SOSOrinoco on parties on the summit of tepuis
A National Park is a superlative, exceptional natural space that belongs to all Venezuelans, which due to its immense value, not only ecological but also symbolic, must be treated with veneration and respect, as a natural SACRED TEMPLE. Tepuis mountains are sacred and highly respected by the Pemón people, the ancestral inhabitants of Gran Sabana and Canaima.
A Natural World Heritage Site (recognized by UNESCO) is a creation of Nature that is considered one of the Planet’s most extraordinary and valuable places, therefore the country that owns it must guarantee to all of Humankind that this condition of grandeur will remain unchanged forever.
Canaima National Park, a World Natural Heritage Site, is governed by the Partial Regulations of the Organic Law for Land Use and Planning on Administration and Management of National Parks and Natural Monuments, Decree No. 276, published in the extraordinary Official Gazette of the Republic of Venezuela No. 4,016 dated 06/09/89.
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