Community stories Doris Cuatin Doris Cuatin is a miner with the Cooperativa Coodmilla LTDA, a mining cooperative in the municipality of La Llanada, Nariño, Colombia, that has been certified by the Fairmined Standard for two years, and is currently undergoing...
“It is essential for not only national authorities related to the mining sector, but also for those linked to the environmental, labor and educational sectors, to get acquainted with the reality of ASM in order to support its sustainable development in the country.”...
The cooperative has been recertified under the Fairmined Standard for the fourth consecutive year. We are pleased to inform that the Cooperativa Multiactiva Agrominera of the Iquira municipality, located in Huila, Colombia, has been recertified under the Fairmined...
Different local and regional actors from Suárez (Cauca, Colombia) and La Llanada (Nariño, Colombia) involved in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) have been gathering since 2017 to define a shared vision for ASM and to see how the territories can be developed in a...
Community stories Rolberto Álvarez Rolberto Alvarez has been a miner since childhood and is the current legal representative of the Asociación Agrominera de los Andes “Fortaleza”. Here you can read his story, told from the municipality of Los Andes (Nariño,...
