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1. The MARN Confirms the presence of cyanide and iron in the San Sebastian River, La Unión
(Commerce Group)
The MARN confirms the presence of cyanide and iron in the San Sebastian River, La Unión This weekend the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (MARN) confirmed the presence of unhealthy levels ...
Created on 16 July 2012
2. Communique: Community organizations fear the return of metal mining in El Salvador
(Media Releases)
... to the Ministry of the Environment, MARN, the visit of the Forum specialists was aimed at determining the viability of quarrying to obtain raw materials for the construction industry. MARN also stated ...
Created on 16 December 2021
3. La Mesa releases a memoir of their collective struggle to ban mining in El Salvador
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... report closes demanding that the current government of Nayib Bukele guarantee that the mining prohibition will not be reversed and that the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (MARN), and ...
Created on 29 June 2021
4. First Pre-Consultation Meeting with the Xinka People on the Escobal Mine
(Mining and Human Rights)
... (MARN), Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM), Presidential Commission for Dialogue, the University of San Carlos of Guatemala (USAC), members of Community Development Councils (COCODES) and the Municipal ...
Created on 26 May 2021
5. World Environment Day with nothing to celebrate
(Regional News)
... as implementing all the plans required by the Law on Civil Protection, Prevention, and Mitigation of Disasters. And the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (MARN) must stop granting environmental ...
Created on 06 June 2020
6. PRESS RELEASE: Citizen´s proposal for a general water law in El Salvador
(Water Crisis El Salvador)
... proposal for the water management authority with a public nature And, other articles of the 2012 MARN proposal where the principles of water as a common good and a human right, citizen participation and ...
Created on 20 April 2020
7. Civil society presents a proposal for the Water Law in the Legislative Assembly
(Water Crisis El Salvador)
... Resources (MARN), a preliminary draft of the General Water Law was presented to the Legislative Assembly. The preliminary draft recognized the human right to water and emphasizes a watershed management ...
Created on 20 April 2020
8. Environmentalists Denounce that Central American governments favor mining companies and criminalize activists
(Regional News)
... providing concessions to carry out work in natural conservation areas.  Since Nayib Bukele took over the presidency in El Salvador, the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MARN) has granted ...
Created on 26 December 2019
9. US mining company demands $3.5 billion dollars from the Mexican government for stopping project
(FTAs & ISDS)
... and geological equipment to assess the area of investment. Odyssey alleges that SEMARNAT´s refusal to authorize the Environmental Impact Study has blocked the project, and the refusal was due to ulterior ...
Created on 24 September 2019
10. National Roundtable against Metal Mining Demands technical closure of mines and compensation for environmental damage
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... (MARN) this July 24th, to request that the new government implement the necessary actions to guarantee the definitive closure of the mines, compensate the environmental damages and offer alternative employment ...
Created on 18 September 2019
11. From Mining to Water: 25 years of Community Solidarity and Organizing
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
... of Environment (MARN) submitted a proposed General Water Law to congress in 2012.   But not withstanding general consensus on 92 articles of the proposed Water Law, and just three months after the metal ...
Created on 24 August 2018
12. The dilemma of artisanal miners after the mining prohibition in El Salvador
(Commerce Group)
... abandoned the mine in 2006, but still holds title to the land where an estimate of 300-500 artisanal miners currently operate. In 2006 the Ministry of the Environment (MARN), pressured by public outcry, ...
Created on 07 May 2018
13. A year with a bitter taste in environmental matters in El Salvador
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... Ángel Ibarra, Vice Minister of Environment and Natural Resources (MARN). "In the first place, despite the fact that the political right of the country has wanted to financially suffocate this government ...
Created on 01 February 2018
14. To prevent water privatization: the next battle for Salvadorean environmentalists
(Water no Gold)
... time dismissed the bill as unnecessary claiming the use of water use was already regulated by different government institutions including the Ministry of the Environment, MARN, and the autonomous water ...
Created on 27 July 2017
15. Commerce Group Mining Corporation required to pay for environmental clean up of the San Sebastian mine.
(Commerce Group)
... of the Environment and Natural Resources, MARN, revoked an exploitation permit issued to the company in 2002.  MARN withdrew environmental permits in 2006 after conducting an environmental evaluation of ...
Created on 02 March 2016
16. Save Our Water, End Investor Rights
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
... bomb. A 2010 study by El Salvador's Ministry of National Resource and the Environment (MARN) found 98 per cent of water sources were deemed to be contaminated and unfit for drinking. In 2005, when residents ...
Created on 18 May 2015
17. Incoming Minister of the Environment confirms continuation of mining moratorium in El Salvador
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... threats posed by over 48 mining projects located in the border with Honduras and Guatemala” during her term. Pohl, who takes the reins of the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources - MARN, ...
Created on 29 May 2014
18. Ángel Ibarra: “We will promote environmental sustainability in the country”
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... with initiatives in political ecology and environmental management, has been named the Vice Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, MARN during the upcoming  administration of Salvador Sanchez Ceren ...
Created on 28 May 2014
19. Current political transition crucial for advancing democratic reform and economic, environmental and social development in El Salvador.
(Media Releases)
... and fosters respect for the environment. Particularly we believe the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment(MARN) should designate environmental issues as matters of national interest.   ...
Created on 14 April 2014
20. Environmentalists step up pressure on El Salvador's 2014 presidential candidate
(Background and reports )
... water quality study on surface water resources conducted by the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources-MARN concluded that only 2% of the country`s surface water had good conditions for the ...
Created on 20 January 2014
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