GuapinolResiste
Read complete bill, refering to arbitrary detention of Guapinol River Defenders and illegal mining in Carlos Escaleras National Park here.
Introduction comes as Honduran President ...
... with the most mining-related deaths among environmental defenders.
Executive Order 130 cites new fiscal regulations and environmental safeguards but Kalikasan PNE said the regulatory framework "remains ...
... how mining investments could help in recovering the pandemic-battered economy.
Ibon Foundation cited the following “paltry” gains of the mining sector since 2001:
Taxes, fees and royalties from mining ...
... for the matter and asserts that its operations are subject to the law – something which, according to the reports cited, is not upheld at the Porco mine. In addition to labour affairs, this mine may also ...
... which need protection. “Continuous operation of OGPI and FCF endangers the lives of the community,” he said. Padilla cited the declaration made by the National Economic and Development Authority that ...
... of Cabañas, Torres was excited about the possibility of improving his living conditions. "At some point, the company caught our attention, their representatives came to our communities and showed videos ...
... killed. In the same report, mining was cited as the “deadliest” sector.
Last week, September 28, the Center for Environment Concerns – Philippines (CEC) recognized the valiant environment defenders who ...
... they were not consulted about the project before it started operating. They are worried that a legally binding plebiscite in November 2019 that overwhelmingly rejected mining in the region is not being ...
... support.
“The state security is their biggest investment guarantee.”
“These policy mandates are cited by military officials as the basis as to why they have presence in mineralized lands…and why they ...
... the Dominican Republic, Central America and the United States (DR-CAFTA). The company cites the community protests and unjust treatment by the state.
December 11, 2018 -- KCA files a $300 million claim ...
... 2006 and 2014; El Salvador, four; Nicaragua, three, and Honduras suffered the worst part, with 119, according to the study of ACAFREMIN cited above.
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... pay the cost of a vital necessity.
In a terse statement, issued June 12 and titled, "We will not allow the poor to die of thirst," the Salvadoran bishops' conference cited Pope Francis' encyclical "Laudato ...
... Silver corporation started prospecting in 2005. The corporation promised jobs, economic growth, schools, community centers, and clinics. Excitement turned to irritation when staff started entering private ...
... and continued with the suit despite broadband opposition to mining and plebiscites in five municipalities declaring themselves mining-free zones.
In October 2016, the World Bank’s International Centre ...
... the World Bank. OceanaGold decided not to hold their AGM in Melbourne and took it to Toronto where protests were held outside and inside the AGM. In El Salvador communities have been holding plebiscites ...
... threatened to go to waste.
What can you do now?
We solicited a meeting with the Legislative Commission Constitutional Amendments - still unanswered - but we are insisting, we want to strongly advocate ...
... are beginning to rebuild sovereignty from the ground up with municipal plebiscites to declare themselves free of mining. Three municipalities in the department of Chalatenango declared themselves a mining-free ...
... system. In response, communities are beginning to rebuild sovereignty from the ground up with municipal plebiscites to declare themselves free of mining. Three municipalities in the department of Chalatenango ...
... has been pending for much of the past decade. El Salvador, meanwhile, cites national laws and policies aimed at safeguarding human and environmental health, and says the project would threaten the country’s ...
... to grant it a gold-mining permit that has been pending for much of the past decade. El Salvador, meanwhile, cites national laws and policies aimed at safeguarding human and environmental health, and says ...