... mining has negative impacts on the environment, our water supply and the health of people living near mining projects.
"The only river we have in El Salvador is the Lempa River, mining projects are projected ...
... cause negative impacts on nearby bodies of water where toxic discharge will occur, contamination of the Ostúa river, could travel to the Güija lake and then to the Lempa river.
It has been recognized ...
... will pressure Guatemala and Honduras to forbid mining within the Trifinio Fraternidad Biosphere, a Unesco-backed environmental reserve shared by the three states that contains the watershed of the Lempa ...
... Rural de El Salvador
CRISPAZ
FER
Fundación Cristosal
FESPAD -Fundación de Estudios para la Aplicación del Derecho
Fundación REDES
Fundación Río Lempa
Fundademis
Instituto Católico San Francisco ...
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Fundación REDES
Fundación Río Lempa
Fundademis
Instituto Católico San Francisco de Asís
Juxvida
Justicia, Paz e Integridad de la Creación.
Conferencia de Religiosas y Religiosos de El Salvador ...
... Lempa into which the local rivers drain is the source of water for San Salvador, the capital with over a million inhabitants.
The effects of large scale mining are predictable and catastrophic. The mines ...
... located in the neighboring country of Guatemala; this mine threatens to contaminate the Lempa River, the main source of domestic water for 60% of the population of El Salvador.
Canada based Pacific ...
... especially the Lempa River considered the backbone of our country’s water supply.
Transnational mining companies are still considering claims before ICSID as a form of extortion against the Salvadoran ...
... Biosphere Reserve- a shared environmental, economic and cultural region, as well as the Lempa River and Lake Guija which are strategic bodies of water for our survival. For all the reasons above, we ...