Press release
The Water Forum denounces secret negotiation of the General Water Law between the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, the Ministry of Economy and ANEP
In 2006 the Water Forum ...
Water Forum of El Salvador Opposes the Government's Mining Suspension
Today, sitting beneath banners that read “For sustainability and the Right to Water” the Water Form of El Salvador held a press ...
... mining. It created a government agency to regulate the energy and mining industries and joined an intergovernmental forum that helps “advance best practices” for the mining sector. READ THE FULL ARTICLE ...
... 2021, Salvadoran environmental organizations denounced that the government had joined the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, a multilateral NGO that promotes “sustainable” mining, and shortly after, a ...
... administration, El Salvador has joined the Canadian government–funded Intergovernmental Forum on Mining and passed a law to create a Directorate of Hydrocarbons, Energy and Mines. Additionally, Gonzales ...
... Hydrocarbons and Mines, was created with congressional approval in October 2021. And later that year, the country joined the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development, ...
... he explained, "recent government actions signal an imminent reopening of the mining sector: El Salvador joined the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining in 2021, legislation to create a Directorate of Hydrocarbons ...
... On December 21 of this year, the ruling party of the Legislative Assembly approved the General Law on Water Resources. Following the approval, environmental organizations such as the Water Forum, the National ...
... Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Development (IGF), an organization of Canadian origin that promotes best practices of mining in its member countries. According to policy statements ...
... 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 national courts and in different human rights forums at national and international levels. Nonetheless the situation doesn’t seem to have changed much. That’s why in January 2021 organizations in Colombia ...
... mining and water through radio and TV programs, community forums, church sermons, university-based events, fact sheets, and flyers at mass marches. The success of these efforts was demonstrated in polls ...
... the National Alliance against the Privatization of Water work to support the public management of water resources.
The law, first presented in 2006 by the Water Forum of El Salvador, is a comprehensive ...
... communities for decades to come.
Associate Fellow Jen Moore attended the Mariano Abarca Environmental Defense Forum on behalf of IPS, which is one of 32 Mexican, U.S., Canadian and Latin American organizations ...
... First (USA)
Forum Nobis PLLC (USA)
Global Exchange (USA)
Guatemala Human Rights Commission (GHRC-USA)
Guatemala Partnership Committee, Congregational Church of Needham (USA)
Harvard Immigration ...
... Forum, environmental groups, local water boards, the Catholic Church, the Jesuit-run Central American University José Simeón Cañas (UCA), protestant churches, the National University, the Office of the ...
... “who decides” about water regulation has since exploded as a point of contention on the national political agenda. Rallies, marches, and public forums organized by students of the public University of ...
... public forum organized on June 28th, they reminded us that the current international investment regime has no concerns for the negative impacts that companies have on the application on basic human rights; ...
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We want to clarify that the fight for water began in 2006 with the presentation of the General Water Law proposal by the Water Forum. Since then we have promoted a dialogue a at the legislature for ...
... for example, it only contributes one percent of GDP and 0.66 percent of employment.
On the other hand, the participants in the forum denounced the police and judicial persecution suffered by environmentalists ...