Choco

Question 1

choco facts

Answer 1

colombia, biodiversity hotspot, rainforests, 500,000 population, corrupt/conflict, poorest region in the country, near panama

Question 2

how much is mined

Answer 2

$2.8 billion per yr

Question 3

what’s mined

Answer 3

gems/mineral

Question 4

negatives of mining

Answer 4

deforestation, flooding, run by militants, loss of biodiversity, resource theft

Question 5

positives of mining

Answer 5

employment

Question 6

main river mined

Answer 6

atrato river

Question 7

what’s mined there

Answer 7

gold

Question 8

types of mining

Answer 8

in situ (mining weather rock), alluvial high terrace (bulldozers), alluvial floodplain (dredging)

Question 9

what to look out for

Answer 9

camps/roads, ponds/lagoons, dredging, drilling

Question 10

how to identify sites

Answer 10

radar/satellites or to trace mining sediment from the river

Question 11

is radar/satellites better

Answer 11

radar is better as clouds get in way out satellites, choco has a lot of clouds

Question 12

has mining increased

Answer 12

yes, peaked at 2008 economic crisis when gold went up

Question 13

solutions

Answer 13

there’s a policy preventing mining in atrato river

Question 14

choco river stories project

Answer 14

unis work together (uop and uon) to educate community and prevent mining by using satellites/radar, maps affected areas

Question 15

cobalt mining in congo

Answer 15

child labour, find cobalt for phones, same negatives