The first country in the world write the 'rights of nature' or 'Pachamama' into its constitution is now being decimated by mining companies, argues JOHN SEED of The Rainforest Information Centre. The people of Ecuador, their government and the international community need to work together to preserve the country's unique ecosystems
… rich biodiversity is under threat from mining interests John Seed | 1st March 2018 Comment Ecuador Mining Biodiversity Rainforest Information … its constitution is now being decimated by mining companies, argues JOHN SEED of The …
The UK's coal burn is not just having a huge impact on climate, writes Anne Harris. It's also devastating communities in the UK, Russia, Colombia and other nations that supply our coal power stations. Those impacted are doing their best to resist the mining companies that are destroying their land, stealing their homes and polluting their air and water. But they need our help!
… impacted are doing their best to resist the mining companies that are destroying their … is to quickly phase out coal burning and the mining it requires once and for all. The … and the USA in the year to August 2015. Mining in the UK In the UK communities are …
Ecuador's president, Rafael Correa, has personally attacked eco-defender Carlos Zorrilla in TV broadcasts for resisting a vast new copper mine in a precious area of pristine cloud forest, and opposing the advance of oil exploration into the Amazon. Fearful for his life, Zorilla is now seeking international support for his, and his community's, battle for land, water and the natural world.
… Zorrilla | 25th March 2015 News Ecuador Mining Ecocide Forests Commons Natural World … I have been an activist in Intag's anti-mining struggle for two long decades. But it … agricultural communities. Until the mining companies came looking for copper, the …
A Constitutional Protection Action could protect the Rights of Nature over the economic rights of transnational companies in Ecuador's Intag Valley.
… 2020 | News Rights Of Nature Ecuador Forest Mining BHP SolGold Latin America Copper The … valley and the mountains must be torn apart. Mining The Intag region has been a hotbed of … then, communities in Intag have denounced mining companies for violations of permits and …
The curse of Uranium has fallen once again on the Black Hills of South Dakota, ancestral home to the Lakota Indians - now fighting a massive mining project that threatens land, rivers and groundwater. But this time, writes Ben Whitford, the Lakota are not alone ...
… water! Ben Whitford | 3rd March 2014 News Mining Ecocide Indigenous Peoples USA Water … the Lakota Indians - now fighting a massive mining project that threatens land, rivers and … ... In recent years, that's led a number of mining corporations to target the region, and …
The opposition of Ecuador's Shuar People to large scale mining and hydroelectric development in their ancestral forests has triggered a full-scale military occupation of their lands in the Amazon cloud forest, writes Jake Ling, accompanied by a surge in state-sponsored murder and violence - for which Chinese and Canadian mining companies must share responsibility.
… Blood and fire: mining and militarization in the Ecuadorian … January 2017 News Ecuador Indigenous Peoples Mining Human Rights Corporations … of Ecuador's Shuar People to large scale mining and hydroelectric development in their …
The outcome of a case to protect the Los Cedros Reserve from mining will set a precedent for all future Rights of Nature cases in Ecuador.
… 2020 | News Ecuador Los Cedros Forest Mining Extractivism Rights Of Nature Editor’s … a case to protect the Los Cedros Reserve from mining will set a precedent for all future … Cedros. It's an amazing place, threatened by mining. "By reading these articles, you can …
Ecuador's 'socialist' President Correa has unleashed a wave of repression at Andean communities seeking to protect their lands, forests and nature from open pit mining, writes Carlos Zorrilla. With most of biodiversity-rich Intag region conceded to international mining companies, the mood is one of rising fear and desperation in the countdown to next month's election.
… Ecuador's 'progressive' extractivism - mining, ecocide and the silencing of dissent … Carlos Zorrilla | 6th March 2017 News Ecuador Mining Politics Forests Indigenous Peoples … their lands, forests and nature from open pit mining, writes Carlos Zorrilla. With most of …
The fate of some of Ecuador's last remaining cloud forests and hundreds of livelihoods rests on the outcome of a trailblazing Rights of Nature case concerning two tiny amphibians.
… Zorrilla | 11th January 2021 | News Intag Mining Copper Rights Of Nature Ecuador … constitutional court case that could stop mining development in most of Ecuador. The … until it was rediscovered in the LLurimagua mining concession in 2016 . The much rarer …
Ecuador's protected forests to define Rights of Nature and test jurisprudence in country’s Constitutional Court.
… Brooker | 14th July 2020 News Ecuador Mining Conservation Thought Leaders Los Cedros … has been promoting large scale metal mining for some years now, without respecting … "We have been presenting arguments that mining in Protected Forests is a violation of …
BHP is putting pressure on vulnerable ecosystems and communities in a mega-biodiverse region of Ecuador despite flaunting its commitment to environmental sustainability.
… News BHP Ecuador Intag Cloudforest Forest Mining Editor’s Picks Montane cloud forest … sustainability. The world’s biggest mining company is publicly committing to a … copper is going to come from, and how the mining of it will impact on some of the …
A recent academic study examined the data relating to growth in mining exports and the growth in environmental conflicts across Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. The correlation is almost perfect. MARIO PEREZ-RINCON and NICK MEYNEN examine how 'victims' of such conflict can become environmental ‘warriors’.
… Academic research confirms - more mining leads to more fighting Mario … Nick Meynen | 9th January 2018 Comment Mining Peru Colombia Ecuador Bolivia China … study examined the data relating to growth in mining exports and the growth in environmental …
The impending renewal of the license for a uranium mine in Nebraska has ignited a years long resistance among those - most of them women - for whom good health and safe, clean water in the Ogallala aquifer is as important as life itself, writes Suree Towfighnia. But for others, jobs and money come first. Now the Nuclear Regulatory Commission must reach its decision.
… Waging NonViolence | 13th October 2015 News Mining Indigenous Peoples USA Water Pollution … to purchase "Protect Sacred Water, No Uranium Mining" yard signs and placed them around … and community about the dangers of uranium mining, sees the issue as cut and dry. "You're …
Deep in Ecuador's Amazon rainforest, a gigantic open pit copper and gold mine is planned in the heart of the Shuar peoples' territory. David Dene tells the story of a growing international campaign to uphold and defend the 'Rights of Nature', in Ecuador and beyond.
… David Dene | 29th April 2014 Activism Forests Mining Ecocide Ecuador Indigenous Peoples … the 70 Shuar communities in danger from the mining project. In Quito I was able to secure …
Left-wing, progressive politicians hold sway across Latin America, writes Benjamin Dangl. But defying their own 'green' rhetoric, they are committed to mining and other environmentally damaging development. Now they face growing resistance from small farmers and indigenous peoples.
… Peru Argentina Uruguay Brazil Ecuador Bolivia Mining Indigenous Peoples Politics Religion … own 'green' rhetoric, they are committed to mining and other environmentally damaging … forward with extractive industries - in mining, oil and gas operations - without …
China is investing in the massive Mirador mining project in Ecuador - at great risk to human life and the natural environment.
… Prieto EnvJustice | 18th February 2019 News Mining China Ecuador Amazon Rainforest Amazon … China is investing in the massive Mirador mining project in Ecuador - at great risk to … Ecuador, by investing in the massive Mirador mining project. The mega-mine has estimated …
Ecuador is facing an unprecedented confrontation between a 'progressive' left-leaning government and a national coalition of indigenous peoples determined to stop vast oil and mining projects taking place on their community land and villages.
… 'national mobilization' against oil and mining David Dene | 24th May 2014 News Mining Ecuador Oil Indigenous Peoples … peoples determined to stop vast oil and mining projects taking place on their …
The Blue-throated Hillstar can only be found on a remote series of mountaintops in southern Ecuador but mining corporations have gained the rights to mine its habitat to extract metals.
… Hillstar Birds Extinction Ecuador Mining image001.jpg The Blue-throated Hillstar … of mountaintops in southern Ecuador but mining corporations have gained the rights to … hillstar’s habitat from being destroyed by mining. The metal-rich landscapes of Ecuador …
More than 100 organisations have signed a letter repudiating mining companies for putting Indigenous Shuar communities in the Ecuadorean Amazon at risk.
… Rhoades | 15th May 2020 News Ecuador Covid-19 Mining Amazon Ecuadorian Amazon (Photo by … have signed a letter repudiating mining companies for putting Indigenous Shuar … and Developers Association of Canada’s (PDAC) mining fair in Toronto, Canada in March, 2020. …
More than 1,200 scientists back protection of Los Cedros Reserve in Ecuador.
… from all over the world have called for mining activities to cease at Los Cedros … The signatories expressed their concern about mining in the exceptional diversity of … Forests, and specifically requested that all mining concessions be removed from Protected …
A deal to give up 500,000 acres of public lands in Utah to the tar sands industry in return for 1.5 million acres of industry is a sacrifice too far, writes Alexander Reid Ross, as it disclaims the wider costs of massive water use and contamination in the headwaters of the Colorado River, already seriously stressed by drought.
… ecosystem has been leased to active tar sands mining, the people who live downstream from … being destroyed by the extensive bitumen mining. Much of the vital freshwater ecosystem … the tar sands region of Utah, before the main mining has even commenced. "The wilderness …
Ecuador's successful referendum should protect vital biodiversity in the Amazon rainforest.
… This was accompanied by a ban on gold mining in the Chocó Andino de Pichincha, a … passed with 59 per cent approval. The ban on mining in the Chocó Andino forest near Quito … coercion, suggesting that banning oil and mining would result in the loss of education, …
The struggle to save the Los Cedros Forest Reserve in Ecuador from mining will set huge precedent for biodiversity protections.
… Hayden | 26th November 2020 | News Los Cedros Mining Ecuador Rights Of Nature Forest … the Los Cedros Forest Reserve in Ecuador from mining will set huge precedent for … the Los Cedros Biological Reserve from mining has been with the Constitutional Court …
Coal leases on public lands operated by the US Bureau of Land Management are responsible for 40% of US coal production and 14% of total US CO2 emissions, writes Mike Gaworecki - yet their environmental impacts have not been reviewed in 35 years.
… in scientific knowledge of the risks posed by mining and burning coal to human health and … statement that examines the contribution of mining and combustion of BLM coal to climate … statement that examines the contribution of mining and combustion of BLM coal to climate …