{"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. This name was mainly chosen from the point of view of our lobbying work, and\u00a0as far as we know is a unique name in this world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/12&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2758&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<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] About Us CATAPA\u00a0is a volunteering organization (\u00b02005) that works around\u00a0sustainable development and alternative globalisation,\u00a0with a focus on the mining issues and\u00a0Latin America. 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