Argentina’s former Secretary of Environment, Romina Picolotti, requests Special Session of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to Review Backtracking on Glacier Protection in President…
January 18, 2018. Chile has decided definitively to close down Pascua Lama, Barrick Gold’s controversial gold mining project in the middle of glacier terrain straddling…
Opinion by Romina Picolotti (CHRE Board Member and Founder – Argentina’s Environment Secretary 2006-2008) [this opinion piece appeared originally in Spanish in La Voz del…
[picture: Barrick Gold digs mining access road to Veladero and Pascua Lama through sensitive glacier environments] November 27, 2017 Buenos Aires, Argentina Amongst the turmoil…
Editorial Opinion by Jorge Daniel Taillant Founder and President – Center for Human Rights and Environment published originally in Spanish at: Mining Press http://www.miningpress.com/nota/312455/glaciares-fuerte-rechazo-verde-al-plan-de-macri-taillant-periglaciares-en-paz November…
[photo: glaciers of the Famatina Mountains contribute water to the Chilecito and Famatina communities of La Rioja Province – Argentina] January 28, 2017 – The Florida-based…
[Photo: Belgrano Glacier in the Famatina Mountains of La Rioja Province] Through a quietly released official announcement, the Federal Environment Secretary of Argentina, Sergio Bergman, informed that…
[Debris Covered Glacier in the Central Andes, a significant water source at risk due to incoming mining investments. Photo: JP Milana] December 27, 2016 –…
The Center for Human Rights and Environment, following a decade of work to promote glacier protection, publishes a definition of “Cryoactivism”, the emerging arena of what…
October 7, 2016 Romina Picolotti, the founder of the Center for Human Rights and Environment (CHRE), originally based in Argentina and now moved to the United…