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...
The People’s Summit 2025
The People's Summit, Belém at COP30 The People’s Summit 2025 in Belém do Pará finished with a roar. Full of colourful flags, costumes, music and powerful political statements. It had been five days of this energy, with seemingly random and spontaneous bursts of noise...
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.