2000 Community organizations challenge legality of environmental permit

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In June 2010, the Siria Valley Environmental Committee (CAVS) and other civil society organizations filed an administrative challenge to the legality of the Honduran Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (SERNA) granting an environmental permit for exploitation of the San Martín concession. The legal challenge was unsuccessful (CIDSE, 2009: 69).

Type of Action / Tipo de Acción:

Administrative Proceedings

Legal Description / Descripción Legal:

Injuction against granting of environmental permit

Extractive Project / Proyecto extractivo:

San Martín

Region / Región:

Central America

Country / País:

Honduras

Natural Resource / Recurso natural:

Gold

Jurisdiction / Jurisdicción:

Honduran System

Category of Key Actors in Legal Action / Categoría de actores claves en la Acción Legal:

Civil Society Organizations

Key Legal Actors Involved / Actores jurídicos clave involucrados:

Siria Valley Environmental Committee (CAVS), Honduran Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (SERNA)

Year Action Started / Año de inicio:

2000

References / Referencias:

Coopération Internationale pour le Développement et la Solidarité (CIDSE), “América Latina: Riqueza privada, pobreza pública”, dated January 2009, online: https://biblio.flacsoandes.edu.ec/catalog/resGet.php?resId=42717, accessed 15 October 2020.

Honduran Institute for Environmental Law (IDAMHO) and OXFAM, “The San Martin mine in the Valle de Siria – Exploration, Exploitation and Closure (Spanish)”, dated October 2012, online: https://iderechoambientalhonduras.org/sites/default/files/informe_completo_la_mina_san_martin_en_el_valle_de_siria.pdf , accessed 15 October 2020.