Thank you very much for registering for the fact finding mission and for your interest in learning more about issues of mining in El Salvador. We are hoping that through this experience participants will ...
PRELIMINARY LIST OF DELEGATION PARTICIPANTS
Name/Nombre-First
Name/Nombre-Last
Country/pais
Organization/Institucion
Kevin
Bracken
Australia
Maritime Union of Australia
Baijayanta ...
... outside the provisions or legal requirements which would imply invalidating the results of the votes and the will of the 7,481 participants who voted against the metallic mining projects.
We denounce ...
... of over 50 countries promoting mining called the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Metals and Sustainable Development and based in Ottawa, Canada. Two participants in the Forum, and members of the board ...
... in the context of the consultation that worsens social division. This is evidenced by a rise in violent attacks against participants in the consultation process, including an attempted assassination against ...
... 6905 4602 – Passcode: 105533
When: February 25, 10:30 A.M. EST
Participants
Heather McPherson, Member of Parliament for Edmonton Strathcona Cristina Palabay, General Secretary, Karapatan (Philippines) ...
... are active in the production of home gardens for family consumption and 25 are able to produce for local sales. For the participants in these initiatives, this type of process has improved family finances ...
Jennifer Avila y Danielle Mackey | Univision
An environmental conflict marked by violence is raging in Guapinol, Honduras, where local inhabitants resist an iron oxide mine in a national park.
Discreetly ...
... organizations facing extractive projects.
More than seventy participants representing 25 NGOs and Community Organizations participated in the gathering. Photo: ACAFREMIN
During the meeting, participants ...
... at the end of the meeting, on Apr. 27.
That organisation and the other participants in the meeting have joined forces in the regional Alliance against mining, in order to constitute a block with more ...
... mining company's claim had no merit and ordered the payment of eight million dollars to the government of El Salvador to reimburse the costs of its legal defense.
One of the participants in the campaign ...
... promoted the consultation, "98.10% of participants voted against mining exploration and exploitation in the municipality," so that municipal authorities must issue an ordinance that prohibits any type ...
... reiterated. During the first IPCM gathering in August last year, participants passed resolutions to build committees on scientific, legal, and academic extension work.
A flashpoint struggle where participants ...
... 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 ...
... give international legitimacy to this process. National observers gave logistical and legal support for the community consultation; participants included the Assistant Counsel for the Protection of Human ...
... offices in Canada. The demonstration featured participants from dozens of organizations from around the world that had gathered in Toronto for a planning session organized the Blue Planet project and ...
... integrity.
More specifically participants in this delegation will:
Become familiar and gain an overall understanding of the different dimensions of the anti-mining struggle in El Salvador. ...
How to Participate
This is a general call for participants that may come from any region and any background and that may be interested in learning about El Salvador, although the focus is on involving ...
... participants was greeted at the gates of the presidential palace by a high ranking commission of government officials who committed to include their demands in the development of the environmental agenda ...
... whose 45 participants represented a dozen countries, visited several Salvadoran communities last month for a crash course in the issues.
El Salvador’s violent history points to the daunting obstacles ...