... Sea, wholesale export of minerals to foreign economies, losses to the illegal wildlife trade, and sovereign guarantees in large dam and water projects.
4. The Philippines became the world’s deadliest ...
... people’s health not only from the spread of Covid-19, but also from the violence that tends to be used to impose unwanted projects and from potential impacts on water, land and air from future mining operations. ...
... of the main observations regarding the Quellaveco project has to do with the high water consumption that the operation projects (22 million m3 of freshwater per year). Added to this are the potential impacts ...
... not want the exploitation of nickel, in Izabal, and the Hydroelectric projects in Alta Verapaz. You cannot silence the opposition, ” Cadena expressed. International law requires governments to justify ...
... illegally in the country, and policies to deal with the threat of contamination from mining projects located in the borders of Honduras and Guatemala”.
Environmentalists are also concerned about the ...
... the signatory States are obliged to consultation when authorizing projects or private or state investments in indigenous population territories. Being an international human rights agreement, according ...
... permits to developers or structural projects that can increase the vulnerability of the Salvadoran territory, such as the real estate development project Valle El Ángel,” González expressed. Likewise, ...
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In a majority of these cases, the communities most affected by the mining projects have been actively organizing to defend their territories and natural commons. For local residents, these projects are ...
... mining companies suing over projects that people have managed to halt through direct action and in the courts.
This month, in Guatemala, the Peaceful Resistance “La Puya” celebrates eight years of struggle ...
... with local populations, and their projects have generated conflicts and serious human rights violations in a climate of impunity. The United States and Canada, with the tacit approval of the international ...