... fishing would be affected as a result of mining projects in their municipalities.
For IUDOP, UCA and OXFAM authorities the poll confirms the widespread disagreement of the communities facing possible ...
... of the world. Costa Rica, which has a ban on open-pit metal mining, is facing a similar lawsuit by Calgary-based Infinito Gold, which is suing the government for $94 million. Cortez and Gálvez are calling ...
... of implementing a national water plan, starting with key actions in the most critical regions facing water stress, in order to do this we will need to have an appropriate legal framework.
The approval ...
... only accounts for 14% of ICSID member states, they make up 51% of those nations facing cases related to extractive industries. According to report authors Sandra Anderson and Manuel Pérez-Rocha, the litigations ...
... ecological balance.
Despite the environmental crisis facing El Salvador, there are few environmental proposals in the official government programs presented by the leading parties (FMLN, ARENA, and ...
... rivers are contaminated. As the Latin America Water Tribunal has reported, El Salvador is facing water stress; there won’t be enough water in the future.”
Cyanide is used to separate gold from ore, in ...
... the budget of the various agencies of the State , Martinez revealed to the deputies that with international law suits El Salvador is facing with Pacific Rim-now Oceana Gold- , and Italy's Enel Green Power, ...
... facing environmentalists and other activists. But its legacy of fanatical repression indicates as well the extent to which political organizing threatens the established order—a fact worth keeping in ...
... head south to the US, with talks in Bangor, Portland, New York, Boston, New Jersey, and will on April 11, in Washington DC.
WHY: The speaking tour aims to build greater awareness about the issues facing ...