{"id":31569,"date":"2022-10-31T14:26:48","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T13:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catapa.be\/?p=31569"},"modified":"2023-07-12T17:06:48","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T15:06:48","slug":"open-letter-in-support-of-quitosinmineria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catapa.be\/en\/open-letter-in-support-of-quitosinmineria\/","title":{"rendered":"Open letter in support of #QuitoSinMiner\u00eda"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>We, the undersigned organisations, express our support and solidarity for the ongoing \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/catapa.be\/en\/the-right-to-say-no-in-ecuador-the-quitosinmineria-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Quito Sin Miner\u00eda<\/a>\u201d campaign to hold a Consultar Popular (a popular referendum) on all forms of metallic mining in the Metropolitan District of Quito (MDQ) and the Choc\u00f3 Andino region.<\/h4>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quitosinmineria.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Quito Sin Miner\u00eda<\/a> campaign was launched in March 2022 by a group of organisations, collectives and individuals from Quito who <strong>want to defend the Metropolitan District of Quito (MDQ)\u00b9 and the Choc\u00f3 Andino region from mining<\/strong>. The campaign aimed to collect around <strong>400,000 signatures<\/strong> before today (double the 10% of the MDQ\u2019s electoral roll officially required &#8211; which is around 200,000) in order to <strong>trigger the inclusion of the Consulta Popular<\/strong> on all forms of metallic mining in the February 2023 elections.<\/p>\n<p>We are <strong>vigilantly watching the signature collection process<\/strong>. We have already received reports of municipality officials <strong>preventing the collection of signatures<\/strong> &#8211; either not allowing the Quito Sin Miner\u00eda campaign to set up collection points or evicting them entirely from public spaces.<\/p>\n<p>It is critical that the <strong>inhabitants of Quito are able to decide for themselves<\/strong> whether or not they support metallic mining projects in their territory. The right of the people of the region, included in the Ecuadorian Constitution (article 104), to participate in matters of public interest and to be consulted, <strong>must be respected and recognised<\/strong>. Tomorrow, the campaign enters the critical validation phase at the National Electoral Council (CNE). <strong>The CNE must respect and validate the democratic process<\/strong>, triggering the inclusion of the Consulta Popular in the upcoming February 2023 elections.<\/p>\n<p>Signed by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/eeb.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">European Environmental Bureau<\/a><\/li>\n<li>CATAPA vzw<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/londonminingnetwork.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">London Mining Network<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nexushr.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">Nexus Human Rights\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/solidairguate.be\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">Grupo belga Solidair met Guatemala<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/comitesromero.org\/actual\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">Red europea de Comit\u00e9s Oscar Romero\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vrede.be\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">Vrede vzw<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>\u00b9The MDQ is home to Ecuador\u2019s Choc\u00f3 Andino UNESCO Biosphere reserve, home of the endangered Spectacled Andean bear, one of the last remaining forests in Quito. With an area of 286,805 hectares, the Choc\u00f3 Andino represents 83% of the Metropolitan\u00a0District of Quito and constitutes the lungs of the Ecuadorian capital. The region also has significant cultural heritage, especially of the indigenous Yumbo, KituKara and Inca peoples.<\/p>\n<p>Despite its vital importance, the region is under imminent threat by metallic mining concessions. Currently, 12 metallic mining concessions have been granted, occupying 17.863 hectares and another 6 concessions are in process, occupying 9.899 hectares within the Choc\u00f3 Andino Biosphere Reserve. Developing mining activities in such sensitive areas as the Choc\u00f3 Andino can have very serious environmental and social impacts that could permanently affect biodiversity and the territory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We, the undersigned organisations, express our support and solidarity for the ongoing \u201cQuito Sin Miner\u00eda\u201d campaign to hold a Consultar Popular (a popular referendum) on all forms of metallic mining in the Metropolitan District of<br \/><a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/catapa.be\/en\/open-letter-in-support-of-quitosinmineria\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":31572,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[520,467,1182],"tags":[1181,788],"class_list":["post-31569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-consulta-popular","category-press","category-right-to-say-no","tag-quito-sin-mineria","tag-right-to-say-no"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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