![]() ![]() She will speak about the impacts of lithium mining on the communities living near the salt flats and wetlands of the Atacama Desert. Lesley Muñoz Rivera (26, pictured left), a member of the Colla Indigenous Community of Copiapó in Chile and of the Plurinational Observatory of Andean Salt Flats (OPSAL in spanish) will participate in a new version of the Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP27) taking place in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. In the COP 27 Indigenous Peoples Pavilion, Lesley Muñoz Rivera (Colla) will speak about how the so-called "white gold" industry affects community life and biodiversity in the Andean salt flats and wetlands, violating the right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent of Indigenous Peoples, and making it impossible to develop subsistence economies, such as agriculture or tourism. ![]() By Plurinational Observatory of Andean Salt Flats (OPSAL ![]()
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