{"id":2130,"date":"2017-07-19T21:42:34","date_gmt":"2017-07-19T19:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/unisco\/?page_id=2130"},"modified":"2019-02-24T21:50:31","modified_gmt":"2019-02-24T20:50:31","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/catapa.be\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1500488223885{padding-top: 98px !important;padding-bottom: 98px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;7\/12&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"page-title\" class=\"page__title title\">About Us<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ds-1col node node-pagina view-mode-full clearfix\">\n<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden field-wysiwyg\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>CATAPA\u00a0<\/strong>is a volunteering organization (\u00b02005) that works around\u00a0<strong>sustainable development and alternative globalisation<\/strong>,\u00a0with a focus on the mining issues and\u00a0<strong>Latin America<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">To contribute concretely to a sustainable solution for the ecological\u00a0and climate crisis, we encourage a fairer\u00a0mining industry and a more sustainable use of metals. We do this through\u00a0<strong>awareness raising, networking, research, lobbying, exchange programs<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>supporting\u00a0<\/strong>farming communities that are threatened by multinational mining companies in our partner countries Bolivia, Colombia and Peru. CATAPA also follows some open-pit mining cases in Europe, specifically in\u00a0<strong>Romania and Greece<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">CATAPA is short for Comit\u00e9 Acad\u00e9mico T\u00e9cnico de Asesoramiento a Problemas Ambientales, literally Technical Academic Committee for Assistance in Environmental Issues. 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