Mining in the Amazon has terrible effects on the livelihoods and health of Indigenous peoples and frontline communities as well as the overall balance of the Amazon's biological diversity. But mining-led destruction isn't only affecting Amazonian communities. First Nations peoples in Canada and across Turtle Island also face similar impacts.
On Monday, March 6, at 3 pm EST, join us for an actionar in collaboration with Mining Injustice Solidarity Network (MISN), a Canadian grassroots anti-mining collective, to hear the lived experiences of affected communities and join in solidarity through digital actions.
Mining impacts the self-determination and access to natural resources of Indigenous and First Nation communities across the Americas. These human rights violations and environmental impacts in the global North and South have something in common: enabling Canadian mining policies. Register for the in-depth discussion highlighting the role that Canadian mining companies play in perpetuating colonialism through the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada Convention (PDAC), happening March 6-8.
This annual mining conference brings together 30,000 attendees representing investors, financiers, banking executives, fund managers, government officials, and corporations, all promoting mineral exploration. It's a space to manipulate narratives in favor of mining in key countries of the Amazon Basin despite financial, social, political, environmental, and climate risks. We know the truth: If Indigenous communities don't want mining in their territories and the industry presses forward, it is violating their human rights.
Together, we can amplify Indigenous resistance against mining. Register for the actionar to join the call to end mining in the Brazilian and Ecuadorian Amazon and around the world.
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