Teresa Sanic and CEIBA
This report discusses general background on the mining conflict in Guatemala, the current social, economic and political state of the country, the community responses to mining ...
... violate the rights of the inhabitants of the department of Cabañas.
Researcher Jennifer Moore stressed that mining companies create foundations to disguise their intentions, but basically are just looking ...
... based in Washington D.C. in the United States, which for almost six decades has been conducting research and supporting progressive social movements and leaders.
In an interview with Mongabay Latam, ...
... a Castillo government that would seek higher taxes on mining is "becoming more of a reality," Rohan Reddy, Global X vice president, and research analyst, said by phone.
Higher taxes would raise costs ...
... lawyer, and environmental advocate with the Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center. Gideon Lasco is a physician and anthropologist who has conducted research on forest conservation efforts in Luzon ...
... organizations around the world publicly denounced transnational mining companies for ignoring the threat of the Covid19 pandemic and continuing to operate normally. The communiqué, based on extensive research, ...
... research.”
Perhaps Broad and Cavanagh just want to sound pithy, or wink at their academic and urban English-language readers, but the logic here is insidious: True knowledge must be certified, or in ...
... came together in a coalition called La Mesa, the Round Table Against Metallic Mining. These were ordinary people, but they were ordinary people who did extraordinary things. They proved to be amazing researchers. ...
... from Big Gold.
Based on over a decade of research and their own role as international allies of the community groups in El Salvador, Robin Broad and John Cavanagh unspool this untold story, replete ...
... company – by then owned by OceanaGold - terminated the employment contract of more than 80 local employees who worked in the administrative department, social programs, research and geological analysis ...
... the courts have remained firm on keeping the water protectors in jail.
A legal expert at the Jesuit Team for Reflection, Research and Communications warns that there has been a “selective” application ...
... corruption," as expressed by Pedro Landa, an activist of the Reflection, Research, and Communication Team (ERIC), based in El Progreso, Honduras. ERIC, part of the Society of Jesus, has a 40-year history ...
... (USA), the Institute for Policy Studies (USA), London Mining Network (UK), MiningWatch Canada, Terra Justa, War on Want (UK), and Yes to Life No to Mining.
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Republished from: https://inequality.org/research/mining-profiteers-covid/ ...
... be prioritized at the regional level by independent researchers who help determine “ecological flows” and other pertinent studies.
A mercantile vision of water and its excessive use for mining derives ...
Manuel Perez Rocha - Inequality
NAFTA 2.0 cleared another hurdle on January 16 as the U.S. Senate approved the trade deal with bipartisan support.
Officially called the United States-Mexico-Canada ...
... the contamination from the mine into Lake Güija, confirmed Cidia Cortés, a biologist and researcher with the National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining in El Salvador.
The findings of the study ‘The ...
... of the ASP I and ASP II mining concessions owned by Inversiones los Pinares / Ecotek mining.
The research team composed by Dr. Bernie Hammond and Dr. Amanda Grzyb (Western University, Canada), Dr. Michael ...
... has a lot to gain “The mining industry is Canada’s flagship industry overseas,” said Catherine Coumans, a research coordinator with MiningWatch Canada.
In 2017, the minerals sector directly and indirectly ...
... Agreement (FTAA). The FTAA is set to expire in June 2019, but can be renewed by the Philippine government for another 25 years.
The authors of this report—researchers from the United States, Canada, ...
... the Salvadoran example, “there are cases of movements that are demanding mining-free territories” in neighboring countries, Nicaraguan researcher Angélica Alfaro, one of the chief authors of the new study, ...