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1. Tamarind: (Contacts / T); Tamarind, Scientific Name: Tamarindus indica, Tamarinds are a versatile fruit used around the world. In its young form it is used in hot sauces; ripened it is the basis for many refreshing drinks. ...; Created on
2. MUA joins fresh OceanaGold protests: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); Andrew Duffy First published in: http://www.miningnews.net/storyview.asp?storyid=824242341# The Maritime Union of Australia is joining a global day of action today, opposing OceanaGold’s continued ...; Created on 11 September 2014
3. El Salvador’s Historic Metal Mining Ban Is in Danger: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... of fresh water due to its release of acid mine drainage.” Organized around the slogan “Water is more important than gold,” activists succeeded in getting the mining ban passed and thereby ensured the ecological ...; Created on 06 April 2023
4. Canada’s Mining Industry Is Spreading Havoc Around the World — With Justin Trudeau’s Support: (Mining and Human Rights); ... was supposed to be a breath of fresh air. But there has been far more continuity than change since Trudeau replaced Harper. While Trudeau and his party might pay lip service to environmental and labor ...; Created on 07 May 2021
5. From dreams of gold to organic agriculture: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... months. One of the impacts was the lack of access to fresh healthy food. Alison Jovel, a 21-year-old girl from the El Zacamil community in Guacotecti, had visited María Dubón's demonstration plot. Given ...; Created on 05 January 2021
6. A Canadian Mining Giant Is Quietly Ramping Up Work in New Zealand. Locals Are Worried: (OceanaGold); ... Oceanagold’s operations put at least 12 species of plants and animals in grave danger, Macassey-Pickard said. One animal is a snail found in Hauraki Gulf, the world’s only bioluminescent freshwater species. ...; Created on 17 December 2020
7. One year on and Honduran Environmental Defenders still in jail without trial: (Mining and Human Rights); ... activities. They wanted proper consultation and to protect their river – a vital source of freshwater for the community. People from the surrounding communities quickly came to show their support. At ...; Created on 01 September 2020
8. Pandemic fuels mining extraction in Latin America: (Regional News); ... once the company arrives. "Not only do these companies bring rupture of the society and of the forms of governance, but they also begin to dry up springs, sources of fresh water, and other sources of contaminated ...; Created on 09 August 2020
9. Anglo American responses to AGM queries raise more questions than they answer: (Mining and Human Rights); ... of the main observations regarding the Quellaveco project has to do with the high water consumption that the operation projects (22 million m3 of freshwater per year). Added to this are the potential impacts ...; Created on 22 July 2020
10. Ostúa River contaminated with lead and arsenic from Cerro Blanco mine: (Cerro Blanco); ... Lempa River, the most important fresh water supply for Salvadorans. "We have found that lead exceeds international water quality standards. This is already an existing danger for the aquatic life of ...; Created on 21 April 2020
11. Water, transparency and mining concerns in the Philippines: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... extraction (compared with mine development or during an environmental spill), possibly because fresh water is not much used during recovery processes. Overall, we observed that the operational expansion, ...; Created on 08 March 2020
12. Oceanagold’s wealth is misery for Kasibu farmers: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... every cropping. He could always catch dalag and eels in a nearby river. Every morning, fresh air coming down from the mountain greeted him. From time to time, he would join his neighbors in small-scale ...; Created on 16 September 2019
13. Canadian mining companies are behaving badly in the Global South—and Wall Street is profiting from it: (FTAs & ISDS); ... Court to protect wetlands that are the source of the country’s precious freshwater have triggered a spate of ISDS claims under the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement. These, and similar cases, have sparked ...; Created on 05 May 2019
14. El Salvador: first anniversary of the mining ban A cause for celebration, but the new law faces dangers: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... the devastating impact that mining would have on El Salvador´s scarce freshwater resources, took to the streets and marched to the to the Legislative Assembly in support of the bill; and policy decision-makers ...; Created on 22 June 2018
15. Church in El Salvador backs law declaring clean, affordable water as a human right: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... has been increasingly vocal about a dire human rights situation in this country: the access to fresh water. In 2017, the archdiocese, along with the Jesuit-run University of Central America, spearheaded ...; Created on 08 May 2018
16. In El Salvador, a moment more precious than gold: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... and it has the lowest level of available freshwater per capita in Central America. According to the Global Water Partnership, the country also suffers from a clear trend toward water stress, a situation ...; Created on 26 June 2017
17. Historic Wins for Democracy and Rights in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... which provides fresh water to over half the country’s population. The peril of gold mining is multi-fold: industrial mining requires cyanide to separate the gold from the surrounding rock, and toxic substances ...; Created on 26 June 2017
18. All Endorsers: (Open Letter OceanaGold); ... Mexico Freshwater Action Network, México Instituto Mexicano para el Desarrollo Comunitario AC, Mexico Justicia, Salud Desarrollo (Bolivia) Le Groupe d’Appui aux Rapatriés et Réfugiés - GARR, Haiti ...; Created on 28 December 2016
19. Urgent! Strengthening a powerful global voice in defence of life: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... there is a lagoon not containing fresh water that could provide relieve from the heat, but rather a toxic lagoon coloured green and yellow with some white shades in it. The trees touched by the water are ...; Created on 29 September 2015
20. Nueva Trinidad: 3rd Municipality in El Salvador to Declare Itself a “Mining Free Territory”: (Territories Free of Mining); ... Lempa River alone provides fresh water for 50 percent of the population of San Salvador, and 60 percent of fresh water to the rest of the population of El Salvador. The Salvadoran national government ...; Created on 18 April 2015

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