Contamination – Summaries of news and views OnVenezuela https://onvenezuela.com Mon, 17 May 2021 12:06:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://onvenezuela.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-Screen-Shot-2019-12-20-at-12.31.03-PM-1-32x32.png Contamination – Summaries of news and views OnVenezuela https://onvenezuela.com 32 32 An Ecosystem in Crisis: Environmental Degradation in Venezuela https://onvenezuela.com/an-ecosystem-in-crisis-environmental-degradation-in-venezuela/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=an-ecosystem-in-crisis-environmental-degradation-in-venezuela Mon, 17 May 2021 12:06:10 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=9210

Venezuela’s biodiverse environment, from its share of the Amazon rainforest to its lakes and coastline, has suffered increasing levels of pollution and degradation in recent years. Venezuela’s reliance on extractive practices including mining and its ageing oil industry is one of the main drivers of the degradation of its environment. Given the attitude of the Maduro regime, the situation is set to worsen. By Samuel Arnold-Parra. Full Text -> GlobalRiskinSights

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