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The area recovery plans are generated from an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) which is a requirement by law, to develop an excavation, either in the open or underground. Both the mine exploitation plan and the environmental recovery plan must be arbitrated by sound and competent institutions in order to carry out the pertinent evaluations, corrections, and subsequent inspections, respecting the country’s laws and regulations.

In global terms, the harpy eagle probably has a population in the range of 20,000 to 40,000 individuals throughout its habitat, with an estimated 3,500 individuals in Venezuela of which approximately 2,450 are found in the region of Guayana and the Orinoco river basin. 

That is when pollution of water bodies, their biota, the miners, and residents of nearby communities begins. The use of mercury becomes commonplace. The main difference between isolated concessionaires and miners is the efficiency with which they recover the gold, and therefore, the degree of exposure to mercury vapors. By 1989 and 1993 [3], there already were reports of miners, inhabitants, and fish contaminated with mercury. 

Nature is of special importance for the Pemón indigenous communities and is currently threatened by the expansion of destructive actions such as mining (gold, diamonds and coltan) and timber-related deforestation.