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Reactive Monitoring Mission to the City of Potosí, Plurinational State of Bolivia (C420)
Reactive Monitoring Mission to the City of Potosí, Plurinational State of Bolivia (C420) MISSION REPORT 11-14 December 2013 / 23-30 January 2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ............................................................................................................... 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .............................................................................................................. 2 BACKGROUND TO THE MISSION ................................................................................................ 4 1. ASSESSMENT OF CONSERVATION ISSUES ............................................................................... 6 1.a Current conditions at the Cerro Rico Mountain ........................................................................ 6 1.b Situation of the road of access to the peak of the Cerro Rico ................................................ 15 1.c Appropriateness of further operations foreseen for interventions at the summit of the Cerro Rico ................................................................................................................................................ 16 1.d Current conditions at the City of Potosí .................................................................................. 17 2. EVALUATION OF THE PROGRESS IN SECURING OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS FOR THE PROPERTY ................................................................................................................ 19 2.a Evaluate the progress made in securing operational management -
Hogue Negrete on Lane, 'Potosí: the Silver City That Changed the World'
H-LatAm Hogue Negrete on Lane, 'Potosí: The Silver City That Changed the World' Review published on Thursday, December 10, 2020 Kris Lane. Potosí: The Silver City That Changed the World. California World History Library Series. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2019. Illustrations, maps. 272 pp. $32.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-520-28084-7. Reviewed by Susan Hogue Negrete (California State University, Sacramento)Published on H- LatAm (December, 2020) Commissioned by Casey M. Lurtz (Johns Hopkins University) Printable Version: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=54422 Kris Lane’s Potosí: The Silver City That Changed the World is a high-level, chronological history of the Villa Imperial—the Spanish imperial town of Potosí—and the silver mining center it served. The individual chapters explore the specific topics of state power and activism, mining innovations, environmental change, baroque culture and attitudes, and Potosí in the age of revolution. Throughout, Lane weaves in specific stories of the real potosinos who inhabited the city. He achieves that rare balance, an imminently readable and enjoyable history with a strong narrative overview and archival specifics. In the process, Lane refocuses our conceptual map; in his view Potosí is not “peripheral” in the early modern or colonial world but rather is a “center” in a world history context and an American, largely Indigenous, city. His approach creates a balanced history of the city’s residents: Indigenous, African, Mestizo, Spanish, male, and female. Andean-born Diego Gualpa discovered silver in 1545 in the Cerro Rico, the rich hill, in the high desert of what is now Bolívia. -
Industrial Heritage Analysis
Global Strategy Studies Industrial Heritage Analysis World Heritage List and Tentative List Michael Falser (Austria) Stagiaire 15.8.-15.10.2001 UNESCO World Heritage Centre Asia-Pacific Region Minja Yang Table of Contents 0. Overview - Aim of Work 4 1. The UNESCO World Heritage 4 1.1. Convention, World Heritage Committee, Advisory Bodies, World Heritage List and Tentative List 4 1.2. The UNESCO World Heritage Centre and its Mandate 5 2. The World Heritage List and Global Strategy 6 2.1. The World Heritage List and Global Strategy 6 2.2. Trends, Analysis, Issues, Lacuna to address 6 3. Industrial Heritage 9 3.1. Definition 9 3.2. Industrial Heritage on the World Heritage List 9 3.3. Proposed Classification System (HEAR) 13 3.4. Classification and Introduction of the Industrial World Heritage Sites 14 4. Analysis of the Tentative List 16 4.1. Definition of the Tentative List and The Operational Guidelines 16 4.2. Classification of Industrial Heritage on the Tentative List 16 4.3. Classification by Region 17 4.3.1. Africa Region 17 4.3.1.1. Table and Map - Description 17 4.3.1.2. Trends 18 4.3.1.3. Highlights 18 4.3.2. Arab States Region 19 4.3.2.1. Table and Map - Description 19 4.3.2.2. Trends 19 4.3.2.3. Highlights 20 2 4.3.3. Asia / Pacific Region 21 4.3.3.1. Table and Map - Description 21 4.3.3.2. Trends 22 4.3.3.3. Highlights 22 4.3.4. Europe / North America Region 23 4.3.4.1. -
PACHA: DEFENDING the LAND. Extractivism, Conflicts, And
Cartilla. PACHA: DEFENDING THE LAND. Extractivism, conflicts, and alternatives in Latin America and the Caribbean. Villarreal Villamar, María del Carmen y Enara Echart Muñoz. Cita: Villarreal Villamar, María del Carmen y Enara Echart Muñoz (2018). PACHA: DEFENDING THE LAND. Extractivism, conflicts, and alternatives in Latin America and the Caribbean. Cartilla. Dirección estable: https://www.aacademica.org/maria.del.carmen.villarreal.villamar/22 Esta obra está bajo una licencia de Creative Commons. Para ver una copia de esta licencia, visite https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es. Acta Académica es un proyecto académico sin fines de lucro enmarcado en la iniciativa de acceso abierto. Acta Académica fue creado para facilitar a investigadores de todo el mundo el compartir su producción académica. Para crear un perfil gratuitamente o acceder a otros trabajos visite: https://www.aacademica.org. PACHA: DEFENDING THE LAND Extractivism, conflicts, and alternatives in Latin America and the Caribbean PACHA: DEFENDING THE LAND DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN Ever since colonization, Latin America and the Caribbean as questionings of the current model of development, which have been – in comparison to the developed countries - in- comes from an extractivist and occidental matrix. This model ternationally inserted under unequal conditions. While pe- places the economy as the priority and promotes moderni- riphery, the function of the region was to produce and to zation and economic growth without considering the nega- export necessary raw materials to the development of rich tive costs and effects. In contrast, the Environmentalism of countries. During the consolidation of national States, this the Poor not only criticizes the colonial, ethnocentric and pa- primary-exporter model of production fortified itself, and, triarchal roots of this model but also promotes alternatives although the transformations, the region is currently one of to it. -
This Article Appeared in a Journal Published by Elsevier. the Attached Copy Is Furnished to the Author for Internal Non-Commerci
This article appeared in a journal published by Elsevier. The attached copy is furnished to the author for internal non-commercial research and education use, including for instruction at the authors institution and sharing with colleagues. Other uses, including reproduction and distribution, or selling or licensing copies, or posting to personal, institutional or third party websites are prohibited. In most cases authors are permitted to post their version of the article (e.g. in Word or Tex form) to their personal website or institutional repository. Authors requiring further information regarding Elsevier’s archiving and manuscript policies are encouraged to visit: http://www.elsevier.com/copyright Author's personal copy Journal of Geochemical Exploration 116 (2012) 1–7 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Geochemical Exploration journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/jgeoexp Mercury vapor emissions from the Ingenios in Potosí (Bolivia) P. Higueras a,⁎, W. Llanos a, M.E. García b, R. Millán c, C. Serrano d a Instituto de Geología Aplicada-Laboratorio de Biogeoquímica de Metales Pesados, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Pl. Manuel Meca, 1, 13400 Almadén (Ciudad Real), Spain b Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, La Paz, Bolivia c Centro de de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medio Ambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT), Madrid, Spain d Universidad Tomás Frías, Potosí, Bolivia article info abstract Article history: Potosí (South West Bolivia) is a well known historical mining site in the world, with mining activity centered Received 27 October 2010 at the so-called Cerro Rico. It is an impressive mount formed by rhyolitic rocks affected by intensive Accepted 5 May 2011 hydrothermal alteration, and hosting a complex vein deposit including mainly Ag and Sn minerals. -
What Are Potosi and Cerro Rico?
WHAT ARE POTOSI AND CERRO RICO? Potosi is a town in the Andes mountains of southern Bolivia founded in 1545. It is responsible for most of the silver mined in the Spanish colonies of the New World, amounting to some 600,000 tons over its 475 year history. It reached a record population of around 200,000 people around 1650, making it among the largest cities in the world at that time and comparable in size to London , Seville and Milan. Its extreme elevation at some 13,420 ft. above sea level makes it among the highest large cities in the world and comparable to LaPaz and Cusco. About 30 years ago I visited Cusco(11,152ft) and LaPaz(11,942ft) in addition to Machu Picchu(7970ft) and Lake Titicaca(12,507ft). I felt lousy due to mountain sickness at all of these places. So it is very unlikely that I will ever be able to visit Potosi in person. Here is an early picture of Potosi and its surroundings in the middle of the 17th century- The reason for its location is the cone-shaped mountain Cerro Rico(meaning rich mountain) lying next to it. Originally Cerro Rico (also known as Cerro de Potosi) contained silver ore of 40% purity. Here is a modern picture of Potosi and its neighboring silver mountain- The population of Potosi reached a high of 200,000 in the middle of the 17th century, dropped to below 20,000 in the early 18 hundreds because of ore exhaustion, and revived to 160,000 at the latest date due to tin mining introduction. -
Latin American Development Provides a Nuanced
Downloaded by [University of Defence] at 01:53 24 May 2016 “This book is a delight and its approach long overdue. By broadening its interpretation of the meaning of ‘development’ and by addressing many of the most contested issues in academic and political debates in and on Latin America, it brings home to the reader, but in an eminently comprehensible and digestible form, the complexity of the region’s recent and contemporary patterns of economic, social and political transformation. Moreover, to its great credit, it does so with a sharp eye, a sympathetic ear and a clarity and comprehensiveness which have all been sadly lacking in such books for several decades. This book sets the picture straight and does us all an invaluable service.” Antoni Kapcia, Professor in Latin American History, Faculty of Arts, University of Nottingham, UK “This book is a critical introduction to Latin America and its experience with development, and provides an invaluable resource to both students and scholars. Historically and geographically rich, this book examines processes of state formation and political economic thought through the colonial period and the Republican era, the emergence of Industrial Import Substitution and the dependency school, and the rise of neoliberalism and its discontents. These historical transformations have of course been marked by ideological struggle and political violence, and Julie Cupples proves the ideal guide to the continent’s shifting political and economic landscapes. The book highlights difference as well as continuity, -
A Comparative Study of Mining Control in Latin America
Review A Comparative Study of Mining Control in Latin America Alby Aguilar-Pesantes 1, Elizabeth Peña Carpio 1, Tomas Vitvar 1 , Ronald Koepke 2 and Juan M. Menéndez-Aguado 3,* 1 Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Facultad de Ingeniería en Ciencias de la Tierra, Km 30.5 vía Perimetral, EC090112 Guayaquil, Ecuador; [email protected] (A.A.-P.); [email protected] (E.P.C.); [email protected] (T.V.) 2 Independent consultant, Stapenhorststrasse 65, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany; [email protected] 3 Escuela Politécnica de Mieres, Universidad de Oviedo, Gonzalo Gutiérrez Quirós s/n, 33600 Mieres, Spain * Correspondence: [email protected] Abstract: This study analyzes various regulatory framework mechanisms applied to prevent, mini- mize, and mitigate environmental accidents and disasters, within the extractive mining industry, in seven Latin American countries. The selected countries offer an ample view of the mining industry specter since each one of them is at the different development stages, such as Chile, Bolivia, Mexico, and Brazil. Nevertheless, some of the countries have similar technical characteristics, as is the case of Peru, Colombia, and Ecuador. Controls and regulations employed in each of the countries reveal particularities that should be appreciated and understood. In conclusion, the existence of mining regulations has not diminished the occurrence of environmental accidents in those countries. How- ever, the existing environmental controls allow authorities to quantify with substantial precision the degree of impact coming from Latin America’s mining industry. Furthermore, for more than a decade, mining industries have been subjected to several global initiatives to integrate elements of corporative social responsibility into their management systems—mainly in strong cooperation with Citation: Aguilar-Pesantes, A.; Peña different governmental formalization programs. -
Decadent Wealth, Degenerate Morality, Dominance, and Devotion: the Discordant Iconicity of the Rich Mountain of Potosí
Decadent Wealth, Degenerate Morality, Dominance, and Devotion: The Discordant Iconicity of the Rich Mountain of Potosí Dissertation Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate School of The Ohio State University By Claudia A. Cornejo Happel, M.A. Graduate Program in Spanish and Portuguese The Ohio State University 2014 Dissertation Committee: Lisa Voigt, Advisor Lúcia Costigán Elizabeth Davis Copyright by Claudia A. Cornejo Happel 2014 Abstract The rich mountain of Potosí, with its famed silver mines, has commanded the attention of Europeans, creoles (Americans of Spanish descent), and indigenous Andeans since the Spanish colonizers of Peru were made aware of its existence in 1545. Soon after its discovery, the rich mountain was represented in a variety of written and visual texts created by writers and artists from the Andes, Spain, and other parts of Europe. Independent of its physical form, in these representations the rich mountain assumed a discursive meaning, functioning as an icon that, depending on the context, represented abstract ideas of wealth, immorality, dominance, and spirituality. This dissertation brings together texts, images, and maps to discuss the multifaceted iconicity of Potosí and its cultural salience in these representations. Besides functioning as an icon that supported Spain’s “official history,” a discourse that presented Spanish achievements as heroic and providential, other representations of the rich mountain supported alternative discourses regarding Spanish colonial history. To advance individual and nationalistic agendas, authors, artists, and mapmakers strove to control the meaning associated with the iconic rich mountain. My dissertation shows that for an early modern audience the mountain of Potosí was more than just a source of silver; it was also an icon that contributed to discourses negotiating issues of economy, morality, spatial and political dominance, and spiritual expression. -
A Legacy of Nearly 500 Years of Mining in Potosí, Bolivia: Stream Water Quality1
A LEGACY OF NEARLY 500 YEARS OF MINING IN POTOSÍ, BOLIVIA: STREAM WATER QUALITY1 W.H. Strosnider, F. Llanos, and R.W. Nairn2 Abstract: Silver, Ag, Sn, and Zn ores has been intensively mined and processed at Cerro Rico de Potosí, Bolivia since 1545. Acid mine drainage and processing plant effluent are prime sources of water contamination in the headwaters of the economically and ecologically vital, yet highly impacted, Rio Pilcomayo watershed. Streams receiving drainage from the slopes of Cerro Rico and surrounding landscapes were sampled during the dry (July-August 2006) and wet (March 2007) seasons of one water-year. In-stream waters contain total metals concentrations of up to 16 mg/L As, 4.9 mg/L Cd, 0.97 mg/L Co, 1100 mg/L Fe, 110 mg/L Mn, 4.1 mg/L Pb, and 1500 mg/L Zn with pH and specific conductivity ranging from 2.8-9.5 and 160-5070 μS/cm, respectively. Many of the studied water bodies are more degraded than class “D” of the Bolivian receiving water body criteria, rendering them unfit for domestic or agricultural use. However, some of these waters are currently being used for irrigation and livestock watering. The data indicate that historic and current mining activities have transformed these key natural resources into potential human and environmental health hazards. Additional Key Words: acid rock drainage, arsenic, cadmium, iron, pyrite, aqueous geochemistry, water quality, tailings and mineral processing _______________________________ 1 Paper was presented at the 2008 National Meeting of the American Society of Mining and Reclamation, Richmond, VA, New Opportunities to Apply Our Science June 14-19, 2008. -
A Legacy of Nearly 500 Years of Mining in Potosí, Bolivia: Acid Mine Drainage Source Identification and Characterization1
A LEGACY OF NEARLY 500 YEARS OF MINING IN POTOSÍ, BOLIVIA: ACID MINE DRAINAGE SOURCE IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION1 W.H. Strosnider, R.W. Nairn, and F.S. Llanos2 Abstract: Intensive mining and processing of silver, lead, tin and zinc ores have occurred in various locations within and around the city of Potosí, Bolivia since 1545. Surface and subsurface waters, stream sediments and soils are contaminated with various heavy metals. Acid mine drainage and processing plant effluent are primary contaminants in the headwaters of the economically vital, yet highly impacted, Rio Pilcomayo watershed. Previous studies have documented downstream heavy metal contamination. The acid mine drainage sources documented in this study help to link downstream pollution to primary origins. Selected acid mine drainage sources, from both operating and abandoned mines contributing to local streams, contained total metal concentrations of 0.284- 977 mg/L Al, 0.03-191 mg/L As, 0.025-50.68 mg/L Cd, 0.03-161 mg/L Cu, 0.15- 7,320 mg/L Fe, 0.3-438 mg/L Mn, 0.03-15.0 mg/L Pb and 1.46-11,760 mg/L Zn, with pH and specific conductance ranging from 2.46-6.39 and 893-19,070 μS/cm, respectively. Data were gathered during the dry season with flows ranging from nil to 4.59 L/s. Metals concentrations and pH values in all mine drainage sources sampled are several orders of magnitude above compliance with Bolivian environmental law. Additional Key Words: acid rock drainage, aqueous geochemistry, water quality, and mineral processing _______________________________ 1 Paper was presented at the 2007 National Meeting of the American Society of Mining and Reclamation, Gillette, WY, 30 Years of SMCRA and Beyond June 2-7, 2007. -
Views Across the Pacific: the Galleon Trade and Its Traces in Oregon
Portland State University PDXScholar Anthropology Faculty Publications and Presentations Anthropology Summer 2018 Views Across the Pacific: The Galleon rT ade and Its Traces in Oregon Cameron La Follette Oregon Coast Alliance Douglas Deur Portland State University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/anth_fac Part of the Archaeological Anthropology Commons, and the Biological and Physical Anthropology Commons Let us know how access to this document benefits ou.y Citation Details Cameron La Follette, & Douglas Deur. (2018). Views Across the Pacific: The Galleon rT ade and Its Traces in Oregon. Oregon Historical Quarterly, 119(2), 160-191. This Article is brought to you for free and open access. It has been accepted for inclusion in Anthropology Faculty Publications and Presentations by an authorized administrator of PDXScholar. Please contact us if we can make this document more accessible: [email protected]. Views Across the Pacific The Galleon Trade and Its Traces in Oregon CAMERON LA FOLLETTE AND DOUGLAS DEUR THROUGH THE MANILA GALLEON TRADE, the Spanish developed the first global system of commerce, linking the continents of the world in a shared story of conquest, trade, wealth, cross-cultural contact, and occasional tragedy. During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, that international trade network brought a steady procession of Manila gal- leons, all carrying people and cargo from around the world, very close to the northwestern part of North America now known as the Oregon coast without directly affecting life there — that is, until that one fateful moment when unusual, tragic circumstances brought riveting and instantaneous change: one of the galleons wrecked on that shore.