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41. El Salvador’s Water Defenders and the Fight Against Toxic Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); SIERRA CLUB John Gibler In 2017, El Salvador became the first country in the world to ban metal mining. Robin Broad and John Cavanagh present the story of the social struggles and legal battles behind ...; Created on 11 April 2021
42. What Salvadoran Activists Can Teach Us About Building Coalitions: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... in the world to ban mining to save its precious rivers. Their battle cries: “Water, not gold” and “Water for life.” In the process of their 13-year fight, these water defenders organized a national coalition ...; Created on 05 April 2021
43. Families complain about big SC gold mine, citing danger and community disruption: (OceanaGold); ... relies on other financial mechanisms. Such mechanisms often include insurance. OceanaGold, which acquired the South Carolina mine from Romarco Minerals, has mines around the world. Though gold prices ...; Created on 02 April 2021
44. WATER IS LIFE. CAN WE PROTECT IT?: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... first-hand about abuses by the same mining company, OceanaGold, in his province. Against extraordinary opposition, these communities convinced their government in 2017 to become the first in the world ...; Created on 28 March 2021
45. An unlikely eco-alliance in postwar El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); The World Joyce A new book describes how environmental activists in El Salvador brought conservatives and progressives together to institute a nationwide ban on metal mining in 2017. The World’s ...; Created on 22 March 2021
46. US Senators introduce bill to tackle corruption & rights violations in Honduras - cite Guapinol case: (Mining and Human Rights); ... Honduras ranking as the deadliest country in the world for human rights and environmental defenders on a per capita basis, and human rights violations continue unabated under the cover of COVID-19 pandemic ...; Created on 23 February 2021
47. Canadian Mining Companies Are Devastating The Global South: (Mining and Human Rights); ... being in extractive and financial industries. In 2018, there was $56.6 billion in Canadian mining assets across South America. Almost half of the world’s public mining corporations are traded through the ...; Created on 21 January 2021
48. NEW BOOK: The water defenders - how ordinary people saved a country from corporate greed: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); Water is life. Countless communities across the world, from Flint, Michigan to the Standing Rock Reservation to the Gualcarque River in Honduras, have used this phrase as a rallying cry against powerful ...; Created on 14 January 2021
49. Disputes against governments under investment treaties: a growing trend in the mining industry in 2020: (ISDS); ... affecting the investor's balance sheet or having an impact on cash flow. What does investment protection involve? There are more than 2,000 investment treaties currently in force worldwide. The majority ...; Created on 06 January 2021
50. From dreams of gold to organic agriculture: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... the Salvadoran Congress approved, in March 2017, a law that prohibited metal mining, the only regulation of its kind in the world. With this law, no company can extract gold, silver, copper, or other metallic ...; Created on 05 January 2021
51. Reclaim Your Rights: Defend Indigenous People’s Lands: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... collective and continuous defense of ancestral land and territory, and assertion of their ways of life and the right to self-determination. As the pandemic ravages and the global crisis deepen, the world’s ...; Created on 17 December 2020
52. A Canadian Mining Giant Is Quietly Ramping Up Work in New Zealand. Locals Are Worried: (OceanaGold); ... been approved by local officials yet, said resident Sue Peachey. “My mother came over and handed me the project overview of this tunnel and I just felt sick to my stomach,” Peachey told VICE World News. ...; Created on 17 December 2020
53. Kakadu: (Search - Web Links / Park Links); Kakadu is known for both its cultural heritage and its natural features. It is one of a small number of places listed as World Heritage Places for both reasons. Extensive rock art is found there.; Created on 31 December 2010

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