An interesting paragraph from the article.

"During the same declaration, however, the president stated, “now, if someday a technology is developed to extract this coal without destroying the forest, well then, that would be a reserve for the future, it is possible”. To this day, coal concessions have not been officially repealed by the president, and the mines on the Guasare River continue to operate."

Isn't that in fact what KRY/GRZ are going to do and that is restore the forest once the mining is done? The technology already exists to extract the gold and restore the forest as well.