On March 21, Los Tiempos shared that “The Federation of Gold Mining Cooperatives of the North of La Paz (Fecoman) informed its members that the National Protected Areas Service will deliver documents for mining activities in protected areas such as Apolobamba, Cotapata and Madidi. "The Sernap mentions that the legal representative of each cooperative come to pick up their legalized copy of the Certificate of Compatibility of Use (CCU) to continue with the process of obtaining the environmental license," says the statement issued on March 15 and spread on social networks.”