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Serbian Government and Mining Giant Found Guilty of Violating Nature’s Rights
On November 23, 2024, the 14th Local Rights of Nature Tribunal convened an online public hearing to address the severe environmental and social threats posed by gold mining...
West Coast Development Foundaton, PNG, opens new training hub
WCDF in Papua New Guinea opens hub YLNM member, West Coast Development Foundation (WCDF) in Papua New Guinea has been campaigning against deep sea mining, deep sea tailings...
The Threat of Deep Sea Mining
Navigating the Depths Finance, Biodiversity, and the Threat of Deep Sea Mining Navigating the Depths: Finance, Biodiversity, and the Threat of Deep Sea Mining delves into the...
Americas: Organizations and communities alert to human rights impacts of mineral extraction for the energy transition
Press Release November 12, 2024 Washington DC. On November 15, at a public hearing before the Inter-American Commissionon Human Rights, representatives of national and...
COP16: Un puente entre ciencia y sabiduría: el regalo que nos deja la COP de la gente
Crédito: Felipe Rodriguez - Gaia AmazonasUn bosque es más que una serie de árboles.Con cada hectárea que desaparece, lo hace también el conjunto de relaciones que componen este...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...