Panama: Catholic Environmental Network Opposes Mining
REMAM has urged Panama’s National Assembly to reject a deal with a Canadian copper company’s subsidiary.
REMAM has urged Panama’s National Assembly to reject a deal with a Canadian copper company’s subsidiary.
The following article, published in the March-April 2016 issue of Newsnotes, is an update on the environmental crisis in Brazil caused by a dam that burst in November, killing 17 people, displacing thousands, and polluting the River Doce with toxic mud.
The following principles are promoted by the Extractive Industries Working Group, a coalition of faith, human rights, and environmental organizations concerned about the negative impact of extractive industries on the human and natural world.
In the last few years, Ecuador has experienced a disturbing increase in government, police and military crackdowns on peaceful protests held against the exploitation of natural resources.