Webinar: Life in the Triangle of Death - Dominican communities talk mining

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March 20, 2024 at 3PM EST 

Metallic mining exploitation in the Dominican Republic is located in the heart of the country, in the provinces of La Vega, Monseñor Nouel and Sánchez Ramírez, which is also the centre for water sources and biodiversity. An area where life could thrive is turning into a ‘triangle of death'. Extractivism has had a significant negative social and environmental footprint in the region causing irreversible environmental damage to the environment as well dispossession of local communities.

Transnational mining company Red Eagle’s loss in Santurbán could mean a victory if Colombia pulls out of the Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) system

The following is a translation of a statement made by the International Mission to #StopISDS. See the original statement in Spanish here.

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International Mission #StopISDS

Why the Ecuador trade deal Canada wants hinges on a misleading referendum question

This is an excerpt from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives The Monitor, written by Stuart Trew.

Ecuador’s April 21 vote on investor-state dispute settlement could quash mining sector hopes in the looming negotiations

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Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (The Monitor Magazine)

Shuar Arutam People Speak Out Against Solaris Resources' Cooperation Agreement

The Shuar Arutam People (PSHA) speak out against Solaris Resources and the company's announcement that it has signed a cooperation agreement with the Interprovincial Federation of Shuar Centres and the Alliance for Entrepreneurship and Innovation of Ecuador. The PSHA reiterate strong opposition to the Canadian company's flagship Warintza project in Ecuador and firmly reject any efforts to divide communities or distort collective decision-making practices.
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Pueblo Shuar Arutam - PSHA

Letter to Canadian Ambassador to Ecuador: Ecuadorian Organizations Denounce Efforts to Promote More Canadian Mining Investment at PDAC

Signed by 70+ Ecuadorian organizations: We the undersigned community organizations, networks, and social collectives are writing to you to share our concerns regarding “Ecuador Day” that will take place today, March 4th, as part of the 2024 convention of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC). This is a space for the Ecuadorian government to promote Ecuador as a “Mining Destination,” with the participation of President Daniel Noboa. We would also like to express concern about your testimony and comments on February 29 before the House of Commons’ Standing Committee on International Trade, which is the body currently studying the free trade negotiations between Canada and Ecuador. 
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Acción Ecológica et al.

President of Ecuador in Toronto to Attract Mining Investment Amid Human Rights Concerns

OTTAWA/TORONTO – In the midst of parliamentary hearings on a potential Free Trade Agreement between Ecuador and Canada, recently elected Ecuadorian president Daniel Noboa will visit Canada this Monday to attend the world’s largest mining convention.

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MiningWatch Canada – Amnesty International Canada – Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

Solaris Resources: Request to Investigate Failure to Disclose Material Information

The Shuar Arutam People (PSHA) filed a complaint against Solaris Resources Inc. (TSX: SLS) before the British Columbia Securities Commission over its failure to continuously disclose material information to shareholders regarding its Warintza mining project which overlaps PSHA’s titled territory. In spite of PSHA's explicit and continuous rejection of the Warintza project, Vancouver-based Solaris has kept moving forward with its mining plans in the Amazon, one of the most biodiverse areas on the planet.

All emissions from Faro mine cleanup must be offset, review board says

Project could increase territory’s total emissions by upward of 46 per cent, undermining plans to reduce them

Julien Gignac, CBC News

While the cleanup of the abandoned Faro mine could release a "carbon bomb," the project may move ahead but on the condition emissions are offset, according to a new report from the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board.

And not just some emissions. All of them.

But how?

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CBC News
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