Actors / Public authority · Bolivia
Gobernación de Oruro (departmental government)
Appears in 4 cases in this database. Roles as given in the documented record.
| Case | Role | Country | Period | Instrument |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Poopó, Oruro, Bolivia: the lake reported dry in December 2015, partial refills and a new dry spell in 2023 | Departmental government; reported lake areas, approved the 2015 disaster declaration according to EFE | Bolivia | 1994–2025 | Water use |
| EU-funded Programa Cuenca Poopó, Bolivia, 2010–2015: EUR 14.21 million planned for the Poopó basin | Departmental government that coordinated the programme with the municipalities | Bolivia | 2010–2015 | Water use |
| Plan Director de la Cuenca Poopó: Bs 897 million announced in December 2015 | Departmental government that announced the plan with the national government | Bolivia | 2015–2017 | Law, regulation and treaties |
| Huanuni sub-basin mining contamination in the Lake Poopó basin: emergency decrees, a 2022 constitutional ruling and an IACHR hearing | Departmental government named in the claim; its secretary of environment was a defendant | Bolivia | 2009–2025 | Tailings dam failure |
Appears alongside
Government of Bolivia (Plurinational State) ×4Ministry of Environment and Water of Bolivia ×2NASA Earth ObservatoryEuropean Space AgencyUniversidad Técnica de OruroCenter for Ecology and Andean Peoples (CEPA)Uru Murato communitiesEuropean UnionEmpresa Minera HuanuniPlurinational Constitutional Tribunal of BoliviaAyllu San Agustín de PuñacaCenter for Andean Communication and Development (CENDA)Inter-American Commission on Human RightsContraloría General del Estado (Bolivia)
Terms used on this page
Science and environment
- Tailings and tailings dam
- Tailings are the waste left after ore is processed; a tailings dam is the embankment that stores them as wet sludge.