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21. National Roundtable against Metal Mining Demands technical closure of mines and compensation for environmental damage: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... investment. Rodolfo Calles, stated that environmental permitting practices should be studied comprehensively, in order not to grant permits to projects that are harmful to the environment. “Not every ...; Created on 18 September 2019
22. Canadian mining companies are behaving badly in the Global South—and Wall Street is profiting from it: (FTAs & ISDS); ... sustaining and bolstering investment disputes, which is tipping the scales of ISDS even further in favour of multinational corporations. In practice, TPF is a fairly straightforward process. Investors ...; Created on 05 May 2019
23. THE STRUGGLE FOR GOOD WATER GOVERNANCE CONTINUES IN EL SALVADOR: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... experts. The main cause of the current crisis is poor water management (pollution and over-exploitation) due to the lack of policies (General Water Law), practices and programs that ensure good governance. ...; Created on 27 August 2018
24. The international dimensions of the fight for water in El Salvador: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... the quality of life of people through viable practices for the protection and conservation of the environment, where the regulation and prioritization of the use of water resources takes on special relevance ...; Created on 02 July 2018
25. Church in El Salvador backs law declaring clean, affordable water as a human right: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... the movement to ban mining for gold and other metals, practices that produced considerable water pollution. Now the church is working to protect the human right to water and fighting the privatization ...; Created on 08 May 2018
26. The dilemma of artisanal miners after the mining prohibition in El Salvador: (Commerce Group); ... while interviewed by a local newspaper. “We have a lot to lose should the practice be eventually banned,” he continued. A report presented to the government in 2016 by the Office for the Defense of ...; Created on 07 May 2018
27. How Local, Grassroots Organizing Drove El Salvador’s Mining Ban: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... block mining within their borders. This was not unlike efforts in some U.S. communities and states that have voted to ban fracking and passed municipal ordinances against the practice, creating legal ...; Created on 26 June 2017
28. Another Town in El Salvador Votes No to Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... law of other countries to be able to apply their practices here in El Salvador. But the truth is that El Salvador is a country so small that industrial mining is not viable,”Attorney for the Defense of ...; Created on 05 March 2017
29. Pressure Mounts on El Salvadoran Legislature to Ban Metal Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... foundation in the country. Community and environmental leaders are concerned that the country remains vulnerable to the destructive practices of the mining industry unless the ban is enshrined in law. ...; Created on 13 February 2017
30. Transnational mining company loses the battle, but the war continues.: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... that prohibit extractive activity, but that may have little effect in practice since these legal instruments are not above national laws or the constitution. The Mining and Hydrocarbons Law, in force ...; Created on 05 January 2017
31. Metals mining and Sustainable Development in Central America: An Assessment of benefits and costs: (General mining reports ); Oxfam This assessment conducted by Oxfam discusses the social, environmental and economic costs of metals mining in Central America. The prices of metals are very unstable and mining practices produce ...; Created on 23 April 2016
32. PRESS RELEASE: Mining, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Conflict: OceanaGold and the El Dorado Foundation in El Salvador: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... closure of the Foundation given broad opposition to mining in Cabañas and El Salvador, the manipulative practices of the Foundation is operating, as well as the potential to reignite violent conflict in ...; Created on 23 March 2016
33. El Salvador: ‘We will never lose our faith’: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... to change practices in the use of pesticides and foster farming practices that are a sustainable alternative to mining. And, we work on community education campaigns to inform the population about the ...; Created on 19 March 2016
34. Commerce Group Mining Corporation required to pay for environmental clean up of the San Sebastian mine.: (Commerce Group); ... homes for decades; and, the lack of prospects for employment have forced hundreds of members of the community to practice artisanal mining under unsafe working conditions and utilizing practices that allow ...; Created on 02 March 2016
35. A dirty gold fever: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... in accordance with safe, sustainable and internationally recognized Best-Practice-Standards, offers a sustainable and a decades-long business opportunity for El Salvador”. Unfortunately he could not comment ...; Created on 02 February 2016
36. Municipality of Arcatao calls for a referendum on mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... about the problems and the deterioration of the environment diverse communities in El Salvador are living due to past mining practices. "We are convinced that San Salvador consumes water from the hills ...; Created on 30 October 2015
37. ADES demands further investigation into the murder of Marcelo Rivera: (Mining and Human Rights); ... these murders have not been clarified; the Attorney General has a debt with the families of the victims, and if can not fulfil its duties, he should resign" she argued. The practice of death threats ...; Created on 12 July 2015
38. El Salvador’s struggle against corporate impunity: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... of using CSR approaches as the best means to address human rights abuses also raises serious questions about their effectiveness. In one of the largest EU-funded analysis of the CSR practiced by firms ...; Created on 20 October 2014
39. International observer delegation statement: Community consultation on Mining in San Jose Las Flores, Chalatenango, El Salvador.: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... we witnessed the community members running an effective electoral process and practice due diligence. They provided the necessary information and assistance required by community members who wished to ...; Created on 23 September 2014
40. A corporate warning to El Salvador: Give up your gold or pay $315 million: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... proposals into the proverbial drawer where they could sit indefinitely, never to be approved. If the tribunal were to find clear evidence such a practice existed, Pacific Rim could have a strong case – ...; Created on 06 August 2014

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