Due the risk of contaminating key bodies of water shared by the three countries
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... to effectively enforce treaties such as the Trifinio Plan. The Trifinio Biosphere Reserve is a trinational, protected border area in Guatemala, Honduran and El Salvador. It is urgent that the Salvadoran ...
... to the statement, the Cerro Blanco mine "has caused contamination in the Ostúa-Guija-Lempa basin, putting at risk" the population of the three countries, and also in the so-called Trifinio region "it has ...
... to the statement, the Cerro Blanco mine "has caused contamination in the Ostúa-Guija-Lempa basin, putting at risk" the population of the three countries, and also in the so-called Trifinio region "it has ...
... Border Association is a Legal entity, located in the Trifinio (Tri-national) Region that is comprised by 26 municipalities from countries of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras and it is committed to ...
... will pressure Guatemala and Honduras to forbid mining within the Trifinio Fraternidad Biosphere, a Unesco-backed environmental reserve shared by the three states that contains the watershed of the Lempa ...
... cultural and economic importance such as the Trifinio Biosphere which exemplifies collaboration among the three countries. With the ban on mining also would end the persecution of environmental activists ...
... resulting from the mine would violate the constitution of each of the countries and also international agreements such as the Trifinio Plan Treaty, signed by El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras; the UN ...
... moral force the Salvadoran government to require Guatemala and Honduras to suspend mining projects located at the borders. Projects such as the Cerro Blanco mine threatens to contaminate the Trifinio ...
... spoke about recent work in El Salvador. He said community groups are concerned about economic development projects in the “trifinio” of countries: Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras.
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... our country. Areas of strategic importance in the region, including the Trifinio Natural Reserve will also be affected. Approximately 650,000 people living in the area distributed among 45 municipalities ...