... halted due to a 2009 moratorium implemented by the government. This policy however, was not welcomed by mining companies. The most perfidious strategy was pursued by Australian-Canadian firm OceanaGold, ...
... environmental protections.”
Since May 11, Cortez and Marcos Gálvez, President of the Association for the Development of El Salvador, have been sharing how their country’s sovereign decision to halt ...
... the land required for the concession.
In 2008, the government halted this project, and other mining concessions, on the grounds that there are insufficient guarantees that mining can be developed without ...
... contra el país centroamericano de El Salvador. September 15th- Washington, DC The Washington Post: Protesters in D.C. ask for halt to gold mining in El Salvador, say it will endanger ecology. Calling ...
The Washington Post: Protesters in D.C. ask for halt to gold mining in El Salvador, say it will endanger ecology. Calling gold mining a scourge on the environment of El Salvador, a group of protesters ...
... El Salvador has effectively halted mining and said that it must submit a feasibility study for the project, and that it did not get government approval for its environmental impact study.
The company ...
... made it possible to halt the implementation of mineral exploitation projects until now. However, many challenges remain to ensure that the mining industry is prevented from increasing environmental vulnerability ...
... assault, but to rally the groups and governments trying to halt new trade and investment agreements built from this same cookie-cutter mold. The governments of Chile and other countries are already raising ...
... is a diverse coalition of organized communities, NGOs, think tanks, and faith organizations opposing mining has been successful in halting mining operations and in building local and international alliances ...
... El Salvador legislate a permanent ban. So far, their success in halting mining operations and in building local and international alliances to support the right of Salvadorans to protect their natural ...
... research, legal and religious organizations, to successfully halt mining operations in the country and to call for a ban on metal mining.
WHEN & WHERE: The Water Is More Precious than Gold tour will ...
... its gold mining project.
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An Appeal to Canada to Stand with El Salvador, the First Nation to Halt Gold Mining
By Manuel Perez Rocha
Representatives from IPS and other environmental ...
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The week began with a protest in front of the state-run Salvadoran energy company demanding the halt of the construction of a number of hydro-electric dam projects that are proposed for rivers throughout ...
Injunctions by communities and an NGO have seen Guatemala’s three main mines halted in recent years – cementing the country’s reputation as one of the world’s least favorable mining jurisdictions.
Three ...