... listed by the United Nations as one of the most environmentally degraded countries in the Latin America, and that’s without any major mining operations. The enormous threat of large-scale mining for rural ...
... Canadian-Australian mining firm that wanted to mine gold in El Salvador.
As the firm explored for gold in northern El Salvador, it set off large-scale community opposition. Farmers and other community ...
... have any large scale mining.
The ICSID’S ruling on the case attracted the attention of several stakeholders, including governments, organisations and companies, either because it was in favour of a small ...
... has no large scale mining, and public opposition quickly began to form against Pacific Rim.
Given El Salvador’s dense population and the stress on its water resources, mining opponents especially feared ...
... for justice mechanisms accessible to communities affected by Canadian large-scale miners.
A core concern was the need to come up with a comprehensive pool of knowledge and information that campaigners ...
... of San Sebastian and it presents a view of the future if large scale mining projects are allowed in El Salvador.
The recommendations in relation to Commerce Group are particularly significant as it requires ...
... if it brought us any sustainable prosperity”, the municipal representative says. However, people in San Sebastian are against large scale gold mining because they know that the greed for gold in El Salvador ...
... the environment.
"The ICSID suit, taking place far beyond any democratic process or court system, aims to put a chill on important project and policy making decisions related to large-scale mining in ...
... large-scale mining on environmental grounds could be punished any day now by the secretive International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) in Washington, DC. Gálvez's organization ...
... and policy making decisions related to large-scale mining in El Salvador. In particular, a proposed legislated ban on mining has been stalled in the Salvadoran legislature for years. Meanwhile, mining-affected ...