Mario Beltrán - Contrapunto
Environmental NGOs fear that the approaching electoral season might advance the company´s goals at the expense of the environment.
Environmental organizations are worried ...
... rescuing the Lempa River, and supporting all the local, national and international efforts in favor of the protection and sustainable management of such an important shared resource.
2. That the Trifinio ...
... an effort to provide incentives for artisanal miners to convert to more sustainable occupations, reparations for families that were victims of mining violence have not been issued, no efforts have been ...
... 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 ...
... biggest blows to efforts to preserve natural resources in the country.
It was also seen to escalate threats against communities opposing mining projects. In 2019, the Philippines topped the list of nations ...
... lobbyists in the sector were able to influence the vote.
“Earlier efforts here in Canada to enforce corporate social responsibility in the extractive industry sector have failed,” he explained. “The ...
... said.
“The timeline for the renewal remains uncertain and achieving steady-state production will be dependent on the timing of the renewal and workforce recruitment efforts,” it added.
It’s been more ...
... charismatic Rivera attained folk-hero status with his impersonations of a popular children’s character known as Cipitio to spread his environmentalist message. These efforts helped convince a majority ...
... efforts to ensure that Glencore assumes responsibility for its impacts, the landscape in the territories does not seem to have changed much. For this reason it is necessary to support the push for mechanisms ...
... mining and water through radio and TV programs, community forums, church sermons, university-based events, fact sheets, and flyers at mass marches. The success of these efforts was demonstrated in polls ...
... Goldcorp?” says Shin Imai of JCAP. “The public should be able to scrutinize the government’s actions here, to assess the extent to which it undermined Indigenous communities’ efforts to defend their rights.” ...
... on efforts to verify their findings. The company was using a “third party” to evaluate the mercury results, which took more time than expected, according to Haile’s statement Thursday.
In addition to ...
... councils. The Community Association of Santa Eduviges (ACSE) in Soyapango requested that the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) issue special protective measures in response to efforts to steal the community’s ...
... Los Filos general manager and explained that their efforts to address grievances with the manager assigned to them “always end with incomplete responses or without resolution and with arrogant acts and ...
... Investor State Dispute Settlement system (ISDS).
The report findings demonstrate that:
Instead of respecting legitimate community opposition to its gold-mining project, KCA increased its efforts ...
... related to land struggles, including Carlos Escaleras, whom the national park is named after. Mr. George believes he is being targeted because of his efforts to accompany the victims and their families. ...
... and the ecosystems they depend on.
NAFTA 2.0. Will Undercut Efforts to Confront the Climate Crisis
Quoting again the U.S. environmental organizations united against the USMCA, combined with existing ...
... permitted an open-pit gold mine that would destroy the community of Rosia Montana, which has a 2,000-year-old cultural heritage. Now, the company is threatening to sue over efforts to have this area declared ...
... consists in the manipulation of the punitive power of the State by of state and non-state actors with the aim of hindering their defense efforts and thus preventing the legitimate exercise of their right ...
... damage to natural assets, mainly water sources, a vital resource to guarantee the sustainable development of people.
Despite the efforts of hundreds of communities and social organizations that defend ...