 FORUM: open pit mining in Latin America:
Experiences and Alternatives for Water Justice.
The international quote for precious metals has motivated and accelerated increase in mining activity, not only in the traditional mining countries (Mexico, Chile and Peru) but also in Central American countries that now experiment a boom in the precious metal mining industry, mainly in the form of open mining.
Close to one fourth of the cases presented to the TLA in its eleven years of existence are related to situations where extracting industries participate. Of these cases, two were from South America (Chile and Peru), one from Nicaragua, two from Mexico, two from Honduras, one from Guatemala, and one involved three Central American countries (Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala).
Importantly, this Tribunal alone has emitted more than a dozen verdicts related to this type of productive activities. In view of this high number of cases it was considered appropriate to develop a workshop with the aim to discuss and analyze the different characteristics of this kind of projects departing from the different experiences in Latin America.
Thursday May 14 2009, 01:00 AM
Location: Exrectores Room, Library Joaquín García Monge.
Universidad Nacional, Heredia
Contact: Phone: tragua@racsa.co.cr 2588-01-31
Schedule
1:00 PM Welcome Luisa Castillo Martinez Vice-rector of Research National University
1:10 p.m. Introduction Javier Bogantes Director of Latin American Water Tribunal
1: 30 p.m. Statement of conclusions of the workshop open pit mining in Latin America: Alternatives for water justice. Held on 12 and 13 May 2009.
Experience in Guatemala
Experience in Mexico
Experience in Peru
Experience in Honduras
Experience in Nicaragua
2:30 PM Public participation
2:50 p.m. Refreshments Forum: Prospects for open pit mining in Costa Rica: sustainability and water security
3:00 PM Eli Roque Opposition Front to open pit mining in the northern, Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, former Environment Minister of Costa Rica, Alvaro Sagot, Specialist in Environmental Law
4:40 p.m. Space for questions and answers
5:00 p.m. Closing the forum
 Memory forum "Open-pit mining in Latin America" (Only in spanish)
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