Chile, Argentina, Bolivia – Resistance to lithium mining in the Puna de Atacama
In this emblematic case the people of the Puna de Atacama in Chile continue to resist extractivism despite the advance of lithium mining. Español aquí
MEXICO: El Secretario de Economía Cómplice del Despojo y la Devastación Ambiental
La Red Mexicana de Afectadas y Afectados por la Minería (REMA) manifestamos nuestro total rechazo a las declaraciones del secretario de Economía, Marcelo Ebrard Casaubón, y de la gobernadora de Guerrero, Evelyn Salgado Pineda, realizadas durante la XXXVI Convención Internacional de Minería 2025 en Acapulco, Guerrero a finales de noviembre.
COLOMBIA: The Carnival March in Tolima
A story of peaceful resistance and territorial awareness, the Carnarch in Defense of Life Water and Land is celebrated annually on the World Environment Day. It’s a process of collective action, which applies the principle of non-violence and building of people power.
Thematic Social Forum on Mining Declaration at COP30
TSF-Mining Declaration At the People's Summit, COP30 Towards a Socioecological & Systemic Transformation in Response to the Narratives of ‘Green Transition’ YLNM is an integral part of the Thematic Social Forum on Mining and the Extractive Economy. At Belém do...
Why we say NO to MINING
All communities have the right to defend their territories, livelihoods and the wellbeing of the people and the earth.
All communities have the right to say no to mining.
Defending Life, Defending Land: Communities Call Out Mining’s Human Rights Abuses in the Lead-Up to COP30
Belém, Brazil – As global leaders prepare to gather for COP30, communities from across the world are calling out the human rights crisis driven by mining. Yes to Life, No to Mining (YLNM) members from the Philippines, Ecuador, and Brazil are standing together to expose the violence, criminalisation, and impunity faced by those who defend their lands, waters, and ways of life.
