Environmental Pollution as a Result of Mining in the Province of El Oro

Abstract

The environmental pollution caused by mining in the Province of El Oro has brought serious and irreparable consequences to the environment. Mining has been there for a long time, causing a great damage by its activities in the cantons located in the upper part of the province. The objective of this research is to unveil the level of social participation in the care and preservation of nature, for this purpose the use of descriptive and qualitative research was required as a methodology in which the explanation on the background of the phenomenon and the problems was established obtaining the results through observation. The qualitative research design chosen for this work has allowed us to establish a difference between the data collected by bibliographic sources and the results obtained by researchers through observation, to finally conclude that mining is considered one of the most detrimental activities against the environment, due to the consequences and effects mining leaves on it. However, this does not mean that mining must be completely eradicated, the exploitation of minerals should not bring negative consequences to the environment because the main victims will be us.