DocuPerú, with the support of the Programme for Democracy and Global Transformation has produced a video on the criminalisation of the struggle for water in Celendin (Cajamarca, Peru) against the background of the opposition of the inhabitants to mining projects which pollute the liquid so crucial to the farmers in …
Unless water is protected, experts warn that a billion people throughout the world will experience severe shortages ‘within two generations’. Two recent articles explore the consequences of climate change, pollution, over-extraction and mining on the vital liquid: http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2013/jun/10/el-salvador-mining-ban-water-security http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/may/24/global-majority-water-shortages-two-generations Water in the Anthropocene from WelcomeAnthropocene on Vimeo.
Results of a study carried out by Professor Mark Taylor which tested soil, dust and air near the Mount Isa mine (Queensland, Australia ) between 2005 and 2008 found mining emissions are a cause of lead poisoning in Mount Isa children.
[slideshow id=4] As part of its on-going support to organisations in Venezuela, LAMMP attended one of two forums arranged by the organisation Homo et Natura from Zulia state in western Venezuela. The two forums were titled “Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas y la Lucha por sus Territorios” (Collective Rights of …
Years after being sexually assaulted by Barrick Gold security staff, victims of gang-rape are finally being offered counselling and micro-loans by the world’s largest gold company. The events occurred at the Porgera mine in Papua New Guinea, operated by the Porgera Joint Venture (PJV). PJV is 95% owned by the …
The Canadian International Development Platform has published a report documenting the rapid expansion of Canadian mining investment in Latin America. The full report can be read here.
The operations of the Pascua Lama project owned by Barrick Gold corporation has been suspended following a court order due to environmental violations. This is the last of a series of events that have seen the company lose the value of its share. Since February 2013 the company has been …
Whilst some in Venezuela are mourning the death of Hugo Chávez, the indigenous Yukpa people are mourning the death of their leader, Chief Sabino Romero, murdered on 3rd March. The story of his daughter Zenaida is told here.
A meeting of the indigenous women’s group ONAMIAP (Indigenous Andean, Amazonian and Afro-Peruvian Women of Peru), held in early February, 2013, called for the authorities not to neglect their obligations and to guarantee, by complying with the law of a democratic state, the collective rights of the Cañaris community. The …
On the 9th of November 2012 the former public prosecutor of Huancabamba, Lorenzo Félix Toledo Leyva, was tried in the city of Piura on charges of failing to report instances of torture in the case of 28 peasant farmers held prisoner at a mining camp belonging to Rio Blanco Copper …