... it needed. In fact, it could not demonstrate that it owned or had land-owner consent to operate in the 12.75-square-kilometre area for which it was requesting a mining permit.
The company lobbied the ...
... into operation. Not only was its environmental permit never approved, but it did not present the required feasibility study, nor could it demonstrate that it either owned or had land-owner consent to operate ...
... companies making use of international arbitration to bully governments when their mine projects lack community consent and have not met legal or regulatory requirements. In contrast, communities have no ...
... the request of the company.
Three hours after the application for the mining company before the Tribunal was filed, the government reacted and said flatly that "did not give its consent for the award to ...
... against multi-national corporations by setting up a hierarchy of water use that would prioritize domestic use and local food production. It would also give impacted communities the right to consent to ...
... environment.
This effort is meaningless if we consider that extractive projects, such as metal mining, destroy our planet every second of the 365 days of year with the consent, permission or omission ...
... require the free, prior, and informed consent of local communities, especially before any orporate "contributions" to local officials or communities. Environmentally, responsibility involves careful assessment ...
... This moratorium represents a break from previous government policy, which included granting mining exploration permits without prior, free and informed consent.
Corporate response. In response to the ...
... health, a clean and healthy environment, and the right to free and informed consent. “We demand that that both, the presidents of Guatemala and El Salvador inform the public about the real environmental ...
... to free, prior, informed consent (FPIC). In some countries, like El Salvador and Costa Rica, bills have been introduced prohibiting all forms of metallic mining.
A variety of civil society actors in ...