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Marcelo's Legacy: The environmentalist who fought against metal mining in El Salvador

| Mining prohibition El Salvador
by Eduardo Barahona / Karla Rodas: Vanguardia El Salvador is the first country in the world to ban metal mining in its entirety, in March, 2017; but who were the precursors of this victory? It could be said that one of the biggest environmental victories in the world was won in a small country,...

National Roundtable against Metal Mining Demands technical closure of mines and compensation for environmental damage

| Mining prohibition El Salvador
by Marvin Diaz: Gato Encerrado The Law that prohibits mining in El Salvador was approved more than two years ago. Along with the law, key measures that needed to be implemented, such as the technical closures of the abandoned mines and remediation measures for environmental damage, remain absent...

National Roundtable against Metal Mining demands president Nayib Bukele to order the implementation of the Metal Mining Ban

| Mining prohibition El Salvador
* LA PAGINA Members of the National Roundtable against Metal Mining requested the President of the Republic, Nayib Bukele, to implement the Ban of Metal Mining, to address problems faced by mining affected communities in country. "We ask President Nayib Bukele to order the implementation o...

The long overdue breakup: Nueva Vizcaya and Oceanagold

| Pacific Rim/OceanaGold
By John Aaron Mark Macaraeg - BULALAT KASIBU, Nueva Vizcaya — Ronald Pumihic sat on a tent with his daughter on his lap as he watched the barangay police inspect a van entering their community. In some days, Pumihic himself would join a team manning the checkpoint. They bar the entry o...

Oceanagold’s wealth is misery for Kasibu farmers

| Pacific Rim/OceanaGold
“We could say that Oceanagold really crippled our livelihood.” By John Aaron Mark Makaraeg : BULALAT KASIBU, Nueva Vizcaya — Ernesto Palpag, 50 years old, used to harvest about 40 sacks of rice every cropping. He could always catch dalag and eels in a nearby river. Every morning, fresh air c...

Save Nueva Vizcaya Movement Launched

| OceanaGold Philippines
by Kalikasan KPNE Environmental activists, church leaders, lawyers, economists, scientists, politicians, and indigenous leaders gathered today at the Church of the Risen Lord in the University of the Philippines to launch the Save Nueva Vizcaya Movement, a national campaign to protect the e...

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