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Juvinao, D. D. L., Alvarado Villegas, L. V., & Oñate Mosquera, D. A. (2022). Planning and environmental policy in artisanal mining: the case of the Wajira S.A.S. clay mine in La Guajira Colombiana. Ingenierías USBmed, 13(2), 25–34. https://doi.org/10.21500/20275846.4605 (Original work published September 27, 2022)
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Abstract

In the present study an intervention was made to the mining processes and the environmental policy compliance in the Wajira clay mine S.A.S., with the objective of designing an environmental planning system for the improvement of the current and future conditions of the quarry. For this purpose, the situational environmental strategic planning methodology was chosen, which allowed work to be done in four (4) moments: in M1 (Explanatory), the diagnosis of environmental problems and the hierarchization of environmental impacts was carried out, in M2 (Policies) the environmental regulations in force in Colombia applicable to the mining activity of the company Wajira S.A.S. were compiled, In M3 (Strategic), the environmental management plans were formulated (biophysical, occupational safety and health, contingency plan) and finally, in M4 (Tactical-operational), the follow-up and control of the management plans were formulated. The results showed an environmental diagnosis of the current situation of the quarry, on the severity of intervention of some environmental components, where the soil, is the most affected component followed by the vegetation; in effect, an environmental planning system was designed to improve the mining processes of the quarry and environmental policies applicable to this type of artisanal mining were identified.

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