By: Andrew Hamilton
First published in: http://eurekastreet.com.au/article.aspx?aeid=38560#.Up3TGSemZyp
In Australia, as elsewhere, the main business of mining companies is to find and seize opportunities ...
... El Salvador has always been water, with the slogan "Yes to life, no to mining." It is widely recognized that El Salvador suffers from a water crisis of enormous proportions in terms of quantity, quality ...
... it a very profitable operation for Glencore. Mining activity in Espinar began more than three decades ago, and the province still suffers from many basic deficiencies. Over this time, a number of conflicts ...
... legal team have followed up with all the institutions responsible for guaranteeing the release of the defenders and they have done nothing. Now, one of the defenders, who suffers from a pre-existing condition, ...
... and human commercial activity.
These conditions have left as a legacy the pollution that magnifies the impacts of climate change and worsens the living conditions for the population that suffers its ...
... and it has the lowest level of available freshwater per capita in Central America. According to the Global Water Partnership, the country also suffers from a clear trend toward water stress, a situation ...
... problems that already suffers from water stress, and mining activity and the excessive use of water would end up affecting us all," said Belloso.
This small nation of 6.6 million people is the second ...
... to develop coherent and proposals aimed at reversing the severe socio-environmental situation that our country suffers .
considering the issues mentioned above, and in support of the appropriate remarks ...
... does not have enough potable water for its nearly seven million citizens. The United Nations Economic Commission on Latin America and the Caribbean classified the country as one that suffers from “hydric ...
... Sebastian River and other irreversible ecosystem impacts. The San Sebastian River, located at the foot of the mine in the municipality of Santa Rosa de Lima, today suffers alarming levels of pollution ...
... of the population.
We reiterate that the serious environmental degradation our country suffers is incompatible with such a predatory industry, like that of metallic mining. The grave contamination that ...
... The country also suffers from the worst levels of environmental degradation in the Americas, after Haiti. Over 95% of original forests have been destroyed by over population, logging and intensive agriculture. ...