A GLOBAL NETWORK
65+ ORGANISATIONS, COMMUNITIES & PLATFORMS ACTING IN SOLIDARITY ACROSS THE PLANET
Yes to Life, No to Mining (YLNM) is a global solidarity network of and for Indigenous Peoples, impacted communities, local organisations, and networks who are standing up for their Right to Say No to Mining and to advance life-sustaining post-extractive futures.
We stand for life
We have come together under the banner of Yes to Life No to Mining (YLNM) in the shared belief that saying no to mining is a means to guarantee the diverse forms of life on the planet and an absolute necessity at this moment of converging social, economic and ecological crises, rather than a selfish, negative or anti-development position.
We say no to mining
We advocate for approaches that are ecologically and socially just – that value diverse ways of life; that protect the land, air and waters we all rely on. These approaches will take us beyond the inherently violent and harmful practice of extraction as if the Earth has no limits.
We encourage and celebrate the voices of all Earth Defenders and collaborate with those who inspire the creation, weaving and sustaining of networks centred in justice and solidarity across the globe.
Latest news
Show support for anti-lithium activists under attack in Serbia
Photo: Balkan Green Energy News Savez ekoloških organizacija Srbije (SEOSYLNM calls for support for activists under threat Letter from European Regional Contact Person Recent weeks have seen a new wave of protests against lithium mining in Serbia. Upon call for...
Stop Extractivism Day of Action
International Coordination for Day of Action @stopextractivism Mining projects are spreading at an increasingly accelerated pace. Fueled by an economic system that preys on people and nature, this extractive fever threatens communities all around the world. We know...
Camp in Defense of Barroso!
Join YLNM member Associacao Unidos em Defensa de Covas do Barroso for a summer of resistance Registrations now open linktr.ee/barrososemminas Where the company and the State dig destruction, we sow resistance… Covas do Barroso has been fighting for the past 7 years...