The MinAmb edict means that construction work on Margarita has been halted and some 4,000 families are without work according to local association representative Francisco Marcano, quoted in Nueva Prensa del Oriente as saying the MinAmb measure is purely political and affects nine mining companies in the region.
"MinAmb says no restoration plans have been implemented -- i.e. re-vegetation and replacement of equipment -- but that's not true! What has happened is that the Environment Ministry has itself, in some cases, put obstacles in the path of full implementation of existing restoration plans!"
Oscar Toro, president of Acopradema, reveals says that management had signed an agreement with Provita for the experimental planting of native plants on Macanao Peninsula, in collaboration with the Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research (IVIC), and to conduct research and university studies on developments at the La Chica mine and that other mining companies have concluded agreements with the Environment Ministry's Tree-project for the reforestation with native species of 15 hectares in in various sectors of the municipality.
Undoubedly the local economy and hundreds of families be stunned by the environmental edict although there is some respite inasmuch as control officials from the State Bureau of Mines and Acopradema environmental advisers have managed to delay, at least in part, full implementation of the ban while remaining committed to protecting the environment for future generations.
The Interior & Justice Ministry, the Regional Legislative Council, the Attorney General and the Macanao Mayor's Office as well as construction trade unions have asked for an urgent debate on whether the MinAmb edict should be considered inconvenient for the region's development.
In statistics: 3,500 individual workers are affected by the measure in an activity generates more than 78 direct jobs. 480 truckers have been halted and 120 sub-contractors could be forced to suspend production within next few days.
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