21 March 2025 Leigh Day And Co (London) press release Villagers from farming and fishing communities in Zambia are taking … More
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South Africa: Moving Graves and People for Coal Mines – the Devastating Costs of Mining in South Africa
Published: March 9, 2025 10.51am SAST Dineo Skosana, University of the Witwatersrand About 80% of South Africa’s electricity still comes from burning coal. … More
Amazonian Women Respond to Announcement of a Free Trade Agreement Between Ecuador and Canada
6 February 2025, 2:24pm EST Source: Mujeres Amazónicas The Amazonian Women Defenders of the Rainforest collective expresses its profound rejection … More
Five prominent water defenders in El Salvador refuse to attend court hearing denouncing lack of judicial independence that poses a threat to their lives
4 February 2025, 3:41pm EST Source: Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) – Central American Alliance on Mining (ACAFREMIN) The Santa … More
Canada: Open letter | When will Quebec’s mining laws respect the rights of Indigenous Peoples?
12 December 2024, 9:00am EST Québec Indigenous Rights Rodrigue Turgeon National Program Co-Lead This open letter was originally published in … More
LMN’s Engagement with the Adivasi Resistance to Mining and Militarisation in India
Dec 10, 2024 | News 30 organisations and networks including LMN have signed a solidarity statement condemning the escalating state violence on the … More
Liberia: Minister Wilmot Paye Urges End to Foreign Exploitation in Liberia’s Mining Sector
By Contributing Writer November 27, 2024 Updated:November 27, 2024 Monrovia — Mines and Energy Minister Wilmot Paye has issued a strong … More
Criminalization in Ecuador: Charged for Speaking out Against Canadian Mining
21 November 2024, 10:33am EST Viviana Herrera Latin America Program Coordinator “We felt displaced in our own homes,” says Rosa Masapanta, … More
Mountain collapse in Congo reveals tonnes of copper, netizens say ‘hope Brits won’t come and steal’
A mountain collapse in Katanga, DRC, unveiled large copper reserves. While the region is vital for copper mining, concerns arise … More
Continued Militarization and Criminalization of Environmental Defenders to Advance Canadian Mining Project in Ecuador
Blog Entry 11 November 2024, 2:57pm EST Viviana Herrera Latin America Program Coordinator On October 27, 2024, the Ecuadorian military … More