... companies to explore potential mining sites and submit proposals for mining projects.
The communities in resistance to mining projects in El Salvador are now seeking a new tool to strengthen their cause, ...
By: Gloria Silvia Orellana - CoLatino / Translated by: Samy Beltaief
Xenia Marroquìn, coordinator of Foro del Agua, regrets the decision of the Constitutional Commission to refuse the proposal to reform ...
... The Salvadoran Parliament has been negotiating a bold water policy proposal since 2012 to address the water crisis. It would grant greater power to Salvadoran communities currently engaged in battles ...
... supported legislation proposals brought forwards by social organizations calling for the public administration of water and government support to strengthen the agricultural sector. But the right leaning ...
... a number of public servants would only be able to approve mining operations once the issues identified in the Strategic Environmental Assessment have been resolved.
But this and other proposals ...
... the role of environmental NGO's in the topic?
Environmental organizations brought forwards our proposals for the protection of water, it was not the government -then- who submitted these proposals.
As ...
... source of water for El Salvador’s 6 million people — the administration failed to approve the proposal. In 2008, Mr. Saca instituted a moratorium on new mining permits; to date, this has been maintained ...
... Some academics and business human rights advocates have presented pragmatic technical arguments against a binding agreement arguing that without the goodwill of transnational corporations, any proposal ...
... proposals into the proverbial drawer where they could sit indefinitely, never to be approved. If the tribunal were to find clear evidence such a practice existed, Pacific Rim could have a strong case – ...