A GLOBAL NETWORK
70+ 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
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...