The Bolivian Agrarian and Environmental Court admitted the lawsuit and issued a set of precautionary measures in favor of the Madre de Dios River and the communities of Multiethnic Territory II (TIM II). This decision responded to a Preventive Environmental Action filed before the Court against the Mining Administrative Jurisdictional Authority (AJAM) and the mining cooperative Gold Comparativists Association (ASOBAL).
The action sought the suspension of illegal mining activities, the prohibition of new mining licenses, and the recognition of the Madre de Dios River as a collective subject of rights. These precautionary measures set an important precedent in Bolivia and across Latin America, recognizing not only the rights of IPs living in TIM II, but also the rights of nature.
Sunset over Madre de Dios River river.
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