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21. Agriculture, a sustainable economic alternative to mining: (Mining and Human Rights); ... of the inhabitants of Cabañas, so it is the State that must take action. "Betting on the development of the local economy, the productive capacities of small producers, would be a way of improving the quality ...; Created on 26 December 2019
22. Study reveals the threats of the Cerro Blanco mine: (Cerro Blanco); ... the producers that live on the Lempa River”. In this context, social organizations demand the Salvadoran State adopt measures that are appropriate and effective to prevent, reduce and control the impact ...; Created on 26 December 2019
23. Land Defenders Are Killed in the Philippines for Protesting Canadian Mining: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... producer, according to Kalikasan. A third of those killed were Indigenous, like the Lumad leaders from the island of Mindanao in 2015. The Lumad have long been displaced by the encroachment of mining ...; Created on 04 October 2019
24. The long overdue breakup: Nueva Vizcaya and Oceanagold: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... his family. Since the mining giant started its operations, farms’ productivity has lowered to only 25 percent of their usual produce of palay. These days, Pumihic has to travel to Quirino or Isabela to ...; Created on 16 September 2019
25. Oceanagold’s wealth is misery for Kasibu farmers: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... the waste we produced in small-scale mining and the one that comes from their mine tailings,” Palpag said. “They did not accept it.” The production of citrus trees, to which the province was known to ...; Created on 16 September 2019
26. Mining Grabs Up Land, Deals Blow to Agriculture in Central America: (Background and reports ); ... which according to its website is the world’s second-largest producer of silver. It owns and operates six mines in Argentina, Bolivia, Mexico, Peru, and now Guatemala. “The situation in agriculture is ...; Created on 07 May 2019
27. Uncertainty in communities of Asuncion Mita due to the imminent reopening of the Cerro Blanco mine in Guatemala: (Cerro Blanco); ... and silver and to have more millions (of dollars) than they already have," he said. According to estimates presented by Bluestone, the deposit could produce 1.24 million ounces of gold and 4.47 million ...; Created on 03 May 2019
28. Guatemalan court upholds Tahoe mine suspension: (Regional News); ... early 2014, was fast-tracked to production, moving from a preliminary economic assessment to commercial production in less than two years. In 2016 it produced over 21 million ounces of silver, making it ...; Created on 16 September 2018
29. THE STRUGGLE FOR GOOD WATER GOVERNANCE CONTINUES IN EL SALVADOR: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... of inhabitants of nearby communities without sufficient water for their most basic needs; Large producers of sugar cane continue to over-exploit underground water sources, even in years of severe drought, ...; Created on 27 August 2018
30. Rural Communities’ Struggle Against US-Owned Mine Continues in Guatemalan Supreme Court: (Regional News); ... shipment of concentrate, the firm exported 28 tons of material. Despite the fact that El Tambor is a gold mine, the site does not produce gold bars. According to Rozelle, this has become a common occurrence ...; Created on 27 August 2018
31. Water 2.0 - Salvadoreans take to the streets to battle renewed attempts to privatize water resources: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... elected to the executive in 2009. The new Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources produced a hybrid bill informed by the different law proposals presented by environmental organizations and ...; Created on 24 June 2018
32. Central Americans Demand to be Consulted About Mining Projects: (Regional News); ... associated with water pollution. Around 96 families in the village of La Cuchilla, on a hill next to the site, had to be evicted because of damage to the walls of the houses, due to the vibrations produced ...; Created on 09 May 2018
33. Church in El Salvador backs law declaring clean, affordable water as a human right: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... the movement to ban mining for gold and other metals, practices that produced considerable water pollution. Now the church is working to protect the human right to water and fighting the privatization ...; Created on 08 May 2018
34. Alejandro Guevara: “It was the communities who built the resistance against metallic mining”: (Mining and Human Rights); ... of People who would be affected by the contamination produced by the mining industry. "They helped their colleagues and our country against extractivist companies who want to take over El Salvador's resources, ...; Created on 03 January 2017
35. Metals mining and Sustainable Development in Central America: An Assessment of benefits and costs: (General mining reports ); Oxfam This assessment conducted by Oxfam discusses the social, environmental and economic costs of metals mining in Central America. The prices of metals are very unstable and mining practices produce ...; Created on 23 April 2016
36. Yes to life, no to mining! – Report Back Delegation to El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... part of their production. Even some of the families who house delegation participants produce almost everything they need to sustain themselves: corn for the tortillas, beans for soup and millet for the ...; Created on 03 February 2016
37. El Salvador: Just Saying No to Gold Mining: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... and land resources, such as agrobusiness, ranchers, and producers of juices and soft drinks, have largely stayed out of the debate, eliminating a potentially huge obstacle to the movement’s agenda. The ...; Created on 03 January 2016
38. A blunt NO to mining in Arcatao, Chalatenango: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... Eramón mountains. This generated an immediate rejections from villagers and local authorities. The mere suspicion that pollution produced by this industry would annihilate life along the Sumpul River, ...; Created on 11 November 2015
39. Peoples Sovereignty vs Impunity Inc.: (Mining and Human Rights); ... by transnational corporations. This publication has been produced in the framework of the Global Campaign to Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity. Its publication coincides with the first meeting ...; Created on 12 July 2015
40. The water issue is thorny for the right wing in El Salvador: Interview with Lourdes Palacios: (Mining and Human Rights); ... our ecosystems and the rights of nature to reproduce water. - How should water be managed? Water management should be done in a participatory manner at local and national level, with a vision-for watershed ...; Created on 23 January 2015

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