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ARTÍCULOS RECIENTES
Thematic Social Forum on Mining and the Extractive Economy
Yes to life no to mining at tsf Yes to Life No to Mining members and Regional Contact People formed an integral part of the The Thematic Social Forum (TSF) on Mining and the Extractive Economy, which took place in Semarang, Indonesia from 16th - 20th October 2023. ...
Rhetoric vs Reality: New research from Europe’s extractive frontiers
Image: the ongoing occupation against Nussir in Riehppovuotna/Repparfjorden, Norway. Photo: Svein Lund New research has revealed a spike in the number of mining projects and massive expansion of areas under concession for mining on the island of...
Support communities resisting lithium mining in Central Portugal – respond to consultation by 4th September!
Image: The Alvarrões mine via Google EarthThe Alvarrões mine in Portugal, located on the foothills of the Serra da Estrela National Park and classified as Geopark and UNESCO world heritage, is in the advanced stages of expanding. The open pit mine is set to enlarge...
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...
Trial Date Announced: 8th July 2024 – Stop criminalisation of Protectors in Torobulu, Indonesia
Stop the criminalisation Co-sign this solidarity letter with the community of Torobulu before Jul 5, 2024 To the Indonesian authorities Environmental and human rights defenders Haslilin and Andi Firmansyah are being criminalized for speaking out against nickel mining...
The delusion of mining for the climate
Decades of ignoring the climate crisis has led to the now rapidly closing window to reverse the most devastating of its impacts. We must act rapidly. But industry and governments have disastrously, and intentionally, oversimplified: our task is to decarbonise, the...
Abduction of Environmental Defenders Eco Dangla III and Joxelle “Jak” Tiong
Abduction and enforced disappearance Mass global call in support of the surfacing of two environmental defenders from the Philippines, Eco Dangla and Joxelle "Jak" Tiong We vehemently condemn the abduction and enforced disappearance of Francisco “Eco” Dangla III and ...
The greenwashing of lithium mining: trying to hide the damage
We replicate the journalistic article published by the newspaper El Ciudadano together with Fundación Tantí, via our YLNM member OPSAL. The extraction of this mineral is leaving traces that go beyond what is shown in corporate campaigns and the enormous publicity in...
New Tales from the Barroso Mountains
Authors: Mariana Riquito & João da Montanha ___ The sunlight bids farewell to the mountains. The clouds hang in a sky tinged with pink and purple. The birds fly in flocks, returning to their trees. We, too, are returning home after another afternoon spent in the...
minas y comunidades últimas noticias
Canada: Cameco evacuated Cigar Lake uranium mine due to wildfires (10/07/2021)
Malaysia: Federal Court orders news site to pay gold miner in defamation suit (06/07/2021)
India: Tribunal halts tree cutting in Madhya Pradesh’s Buxwaha amid protests (05/07/2021)
USA: Thousands displaced by lithium fire in Illinois (03/07/2021)
Rights groups seek probe into death of Indonesian official opposed to gold mine (03/07/2021)
Malaysia’s Som Forest: Home to tapirs and elephants or mining site for Pahang royals? (01/07/2021)
Australia: The battles for Tasmania’s Tarkine rainforest (29/06/2021)
UK’s National Health Service calls for ban on neodymium toys (28/06/2021)
India’s Deep Ocean Mission: A race to the bottom (27/06/2021)
Zambia: Court decision on Lower Zambezi copper project raise concerns (25/06/2021)
Absolute Zero: Every new climate pledge is to distract people from the failed ones it replaces (24/06/2021)
Solomon Islands Minister calls for (temporary) mining moratorium (23/06/2021)
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