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Report Launch | Lanzamiento de Reporte: Criminalization during First Quantum Protests in Panama
LIVE / EN VIVO! Español abajo Report launch: Criminalization of Protestors during the First Quantum Protests in Panama (Oct - Nov 2023) This is a bilingual webinar between English and Spanish. Simultaneous interpretation is available by registering on Zoom —> bit.ly/panama-mining Lanzamiento de reporte: Criminalización durante las protestas contra First Quantum en Panamá Este evento es un evento bilingüe con interpretación simultánea en español e inglés a través de Zoom —> bit.ly/panama-mining

What’s at stake in Canada’s trade negotiations with Ecuador? | ¿Qué está en juego en las negociaciones de libre comercio entre Canadá y Ecuador?
LIVE / EN VIVO! What’s at stake in Canada’s trade negotiations with Ecuador? Investor protections vs the rights of communities and nature ¿Qué está en juego en las negociaciones de libre comercio entre Canadá y Ecuador? La protección de los inversores frente a los derechos de las comunidades y la naturaleza

Canada's Ambassador to Turkey denies company responsible for tragic spill at the Çöpler gold mine is Canadian. SSR Mining needs to take full responsibility for the workers' deaths, and for the cleanup. https://miningwatch.ca/blog/2024/2/23/canada-turns-its-back-mining-tragedy-turkey

The Canadian Ambassador denies that the company responsible for tragic spill at the Çöpler gold mine in Turkey is Canadian. Canadian media ignores it. SSR Mining needs to take full responsibility for workers' deaths, and for cleanup.

Virtual Press Conference (Santa Marta 5)
LIVE | EN VIVO Presentation of the report “State of Deception: Fact finding report on the detained El Salvador water defenders, mining, and the state of human rights under the Bukele Administration.” Presentación del informe “Estado de Decepción: Informe de la Delegación de Verificación sobre la Detención de los Defensores del Agua de Santa Marta, la Minería y el Estado de los Derechos Humanos bajo la Administración de Bukele en El Salvador” #SantaMartaNoEstáSola

Segunda parte: Auditoria Ciudadana Ya | Second half - Stop Corporate Lawsuits
Webinario / Webinar

Webinario: Auditoría Ciudadana Ya | Webinar: Stop Corporate Lawsuits
WEBINARIO / WEBINAR Auditoría Ciudadana Ya: ¿Por qué exigimos participación en la revisión de los tratados que permiten multimillonarias demandas de transnacionales contra Colombia? Stop Corporate Lawsuits: Support calls for a people’s review of investment treaties!

Canada Closed its Doors to Justice for Mariano Abarca - What's next?
Happening now: It’s been almost 14 years since prominent Mexican environment defender Mariano Abarca was killed while speaking out against a Canadian mine and his family is still fighting for justice. Join us tonight to hear from Mariano's family and supporters as they announce a groundbreaking new case against Canada at the Inter-American Commission for Human Rights. #Justice4Mariano Hace casi 14 años Mariano Abarca fue asesinado mientras denunciaba una mina canadiense, y su familia sigue luchando para que se haga justicia. Acompáñanos esta noche para escuchar a la familia de Mariano y a quienes le apoyan mientras anuncian un nuevo caso contra Canadá en la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos. #Justice4Mariano

Explotación de litio en México: ¿Interés público o extractivismo transnacional? / Lithium mining in Mexico: Public interest or transnational extractivism?
English below! Ottawa, 5 PM | México, 4 PM | Perú, 5 PM | Bolivia, 6 PM | 7 PM Argentina / Chile / Brasil Este evento será realizado en español y inglés, con interpretación simultánea a través de Zoom. Les invitamos cordialmente a la presentación del informe, “Explotación del litio en México: ¿Interés público o extractivismo transnacional?”, elaborado por la Red Mexicana de Afectadas/os por la Minería (REMA) y MiningWatch Canadá, – una actualización importante al documento de 2021 donde presentamos un análisis sobre las implicaciones socioambientales que la expansión del extractivismo minero proyecta en México, comandado por la Transición Energética Capitalista. Organizaciones promotoras: la Red Mexicana de Afectadas/os por la Minería (REMA) y MiningWatch Canadá. Con la participación de: Red Mexicana de Afectadas/os por la minería Centro de Documentación e Información Bolivia (Cedib) - Bolivia Otros panelistas por ser confirmados! Moderado por: MiningWatch Canadá ***** February 23, 2023 - Zoom 2 pm PST | 5 pm EST This event will be on Zoom with simultaneous interpretation between Spanish and English. Join the Mexican Network of People Affected by Mining (REMA) and MiningWatch Canada for the presentation of the report “Lithium mining in Mexico: Public interest or transnational extractivism?” (“Explotación del litio en México: Interés público o extractivismo transnacional?") – an important update to a 2021 report analyzing the socio-environmental implications of expanding mining in Mexico in the name of the capitalist energy transition. Participants include: The Mexican Network of People Affected by Mining (REMA) - Mexico The Documentation and Information Centre (CEDIB) - Bolivia Additional panelists still to be confirmed! Moderated by MiningWatch Canada

Will Canadian Mining Destroy the Amazon?
Belo Sun Mining Corp.'s Volta Grande Gold project aims to open Brazil's largest open-pit gold mine in the heart of the Amazon rainforest. Brazilian Indigenous leaders, Canadian civil society representatives, and Amazon Watch will discuss the multiple threats that this industrial gold mining project presents to the Amazon Rainforest and its peoples. #ForaBeloSun #COP15Montreal #COP15 The event is organized by Amazon Watch and MiningWatch Canada, in partnership with APIB (Brazil's Indigenous People Association), FEPIPA (Federation of Indigenous Peoples of Pará), ANMIGA (National Articulation of Ancestral Warriors Women), and with the support of Earthworks and Committee for Human Rights in Latin America (CDHAL).

Press Conference Summit Guatemala /Conferencia de Presa Cumbre Guatemala
La Cumbre Regional de Comunidades Afectadxs por Pan American Silver tendrá una conferencia de prensa para periodistas (registración obligatoria) con participación de representantes de Guatemala y Argentina. La conferencia tiene lugar en anticipación a la reunion anual de la junta directiva de la empresa. The Regional Summit of Peoples Affected by Pan American Silver will hold a press conference open to journalists (following registration) with participation from representatives from Argentina and Guatemala. The conference is in the lead up to the company's Annual General Meeting of shareholders.

Moratorium on deep seabed mining
Canadian companies are racing to mine one of the most fragile ecosystems on the planet: the deep seabed. TAKE ACTION! Tell the Government of Canada to join global calls for a moratorium on #DeepSeaMining before it's too late. #DefendTheDeep bit.ly/StopDeepSeaMining

Foro Virtual: ¿Despojo por Arbitraje?
Las injusticias relacionadas con las demandas interpuestas por compañías mineras contra gobiernos en tribunales supranacionales *Este evento será en inglés y español, con interpretación simultánea. CON LA PARTICIPACIÓN DE: • Juan Camilo Sarmiento, Comité para la Defensa del Agua y el Páramo de Santurbán (Colombia) • Jakeline Romero Epiayu, Fuerza de Mujeres Wayúu (Colombia) • José Angel Llamas, Resistencia Pacífica La Puya (Guatemala) En septiembre de 2021, un tribunal de arbitraje privado poco conocido hizo una interpretación extremadamente amplia del derecho internacional de las inversiones. Si bien el Tribunal encontró que las medidas adoptadas por el país para proteger el páramo fueron un ejercicio legítimo de protección ambiental, este mismo determinó que Colombia había tomado una medida injusta y manifiestamente arbitraria vis a vis de la empresa. Este caso aún no ha concluido, pero sus posibles implicaciones son inquietantes para la protección del medio ambiente en el país y para otros casos de arbitraje que tienen un componente medioambiental o social en Colombia y a nivel global, dado el efecto escalofriante que podría tener en futuros arbitrajes relacionados a proyectos mineros. Lo que es peor, es que hay muchas otras empresas mineras que están demandando a Colombia y a otros gobiernos de la región por medidas que las comunidades han luchado por muchos años con gran riesgo para proteger sus vidas y sus territorios de los daños de la minería. Acompáñanos en un conversatorio con tres movimientos de Colombia y Guatemala que resisten a la minería para hablar sobre los peligros y las injusticias del sistema Internacional de Arreglo de Diferencias relativas a Inversiones. Con intervenciones de: • Stuart Trew, Centro Canadiense para Políticas Alternativas, Canadá • Diana Salazar, London Mining Network • Aldo Orellana López, Terra Justa • Jen Moore, Institute for Policy Studies - Global Economy Progra

Mapping the Mining Impacts of the Energy Transition
Webinar 23 November 2021 1pm San Francisco/Vancouver | 4pm New York/Montreal | 6pm Chile/Buenos Aires Affected communities, researchers, and international civil society organizations collaborate to launch a new EJAtlas Interactive Map that chronicles the mining boom for critical minerals and the communities organising across the Americas for a just transition With: Mariana Walter and Yannick Deniau | Spain/France Respectively post-doctoral researcher & geographer at the Environmental Justice Project, Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain) May Dagher & Dmitri Kharitidi | Graphite | Canada Spokespeople for the Citizen Coalition Against Nouveau Monde Graphite’s Matawinie Project (Quebec, Canada) Gary McKinney | Lithium | USA Western Shoshone-Northern Paiute Nation, about Lithium Americas' Thacker Pass Project (Nevada, USA) Clemente Flores | Lithium | Argentina Spokesperson of the Indigenous Peoples’ Round Table for the Protection of the Lake of Guayatayoc and Salinas Grandes Basin (northwestern Argentina) Sara Gómez Honores | Copper | Chile Spokesperson of Putaendo Resiste about Los Andes’ Vizcachitas Copper Mining Project (Aconcagua, Chile) Facilitated by MiningWatch Canada Context: Over the next 30 years, it’s expected that three billion tons of metals and minerals will be required to power the energy transition. But at what cost? Twenty-five communities on the frontlines of the energy transition have teamed up with Environmental Justice Atlas and MiningWatch Canada to map the ‘green’ mining boom’s many impacts across the Americas. Join us at the global launch of a new interactive map to better understand key regional trends and hear from communities leading the way towards a just transition. Thank you to our contributors: 11th Hour Project | ECHO Foundation | Ford Foundation | Indigenous Environmental Network & Western Mining Action Network

Merci de partager largement dans vos réseaux francophones! Savez-vous d’où provient votre or? À quoi sert le métal jaune aujourd’hui? Changement climatique, eau, droits humains : Une production responsable est-elle possible? Plus de 1 mine sur 4 est une mine d'or au Canada et dans le monde! Inscrivez-vous à la table ronde "La rage de l'or" le mardi, 26 octobre 2021 ici https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_EBMh89-hQTO6LuJwJX1hHg --- TABLE RONDE ET FILM DOCUMENTAIRE "LA RAGE DE L'OR" (THE SHADOW OF GOLD) | MARDI 26 OCTOBRE 2021 | 12 h (Montréal) | 16 h (Ouagadougou) | 17 h (Kinshasa) | 18 h (Paris) Site web: https://theshadowofgold.com/film Événement Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/428856828671877 Inscription: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_EBMh89-hQTO6LuJwJX1hHg « La rage de l’or est une exploration ambitieuse d’un métal qui fascine toujours le monde » - Toronto Star « Présenté en rafale, le tout est journalistiquement solide : riche en faits et en témoignages de qualité exploitée sans angles morts » - Le Devoir « En mettant en lumière des pratiques plus durables, le film encourage son auditoire à soutenir la protection de l’environnement et à repenser l’industrie du luxe qu’est celui de l’or » - Vancouver Weekly « Ce documentaire est un excellent résumé permettant aux consommateurs de se familiariser avec les défis de la chaîne d’approvisionnement de l’or, des mines aux produits finis » - Fair Trade Jewellery Co. « Un film important qui devrait être vu par un large public afin que les consommateurs, les législateurs et les communautés puissent assurer une plus grande imputabilité de l’industrie aurifère » - David Suzuki --- EN BREF Que ce soit dans les domaines des arts, de la culture ou de la finance, l’or fascine depuis des millénaires. Il est associé tant à « l’amour » qu’aux plus atroces régimes esclavagistes. Outre son utilité première pour la joaillerie

While 🇨🇦 Equinox Gold $EQX has said “Brazil has been good to us!”, the firm has been really bad for communities in the 🇧🇷Amazon after a dam failed at its gold mine 6 months ago. Locals report strong-smelling H2O #JusticeForAurizona *PRESS RELEASE*: https://bit.ly/3m2wLwr Watch video 📺

7 Years After Canada's Largest Mining Disaster: Are We Safer?
Please sign and share broadly! 7 years after the worst mining disaster in Canadian history, community members and taxpayers are still not protected from harm. On August 4, 2014, the mine waste dam burst at Imperial Metals’ gold-copper Mount Polley Mine, releasing a catastrophic 24 billion litres of mine waste and contaminated water into the Quesnel Lake watershed, one of the deepest natural fjord lakes in the world, and home to one of the largest salmon runs in British Columbia. Seven years later, there have still been no charges or fines issued against Mount Polley for the disaster. Instead, Mount Polley has received permits to pollute by being allowed a mine wastewater discharge pipe into Quesnel Lake. Concerned Citizen of Quesnel Lake want the pipe removed. They also want the company to pay for a proper water treatment system. Support their efforts at https://www.ccql.ca and let the government know that you want the polluters to pay when it comes to mining by signing here https://reformbcmining.ca. See the video of the mine wastewater pipe discharge into Quesnel Lake here https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=351358808904735

The Water Defenders: A Celebration and Reflections on International Solidarity in El Salvador's Victory over Mining
On the 12th anniversary of the assassination of Salvadoran water defender Marcelo Rivera, join activists from Canada, the United States, and El Salvador in a webinar discussion on lessons from North American activists and organizations’ decade-long solidarity relationship with Salvadoran water defenders for international solidarity work going forward. The conversation will draw on the rich history of Canadian solidarity with social movements in El Salvador. Robin Broad and John Cavanagh, authors of the just-published book: The Water Defenders: How Ordinary People Saved a Country from Corporate Greed (Beacon Press, 2021) will kick off the discussion with observations from the book, which covers the Salvadoran people’s struggle to protect their small, precious country and its imperilled waters from large-scale metal mining. Then, moderator Jamie Kneen of MiningWatch Canada will bring in others for their reflections, including Vidalina Morales of ADES (Asociación de Desarrollo Económico Social, El Salvador), Jen Moore and Manuel Pérez Rocha of the US Institute for Policy Studies, Laura Avalos, founder and former president of the Salvadorian Canadian Association of Ottawa and National Capital Region (ASCORCAN), René Guerra, former director of Salvaide, and Jim Hodgson, formerly of the United Church.

Today is #WorldOceansDay2021! Why the Rush? Seabed Mining in the Pacific Ocean #DeepSeaMining https://miningwatch.ca/publications/2019/7/17/why-rush-seabed-mining-pacific-ocean

Today is #worldoceansday2021 The accumulated scientific evidence indicates that the impacts of nodule mining in the Pacific Ocean would be extensive, severe, and last for generations, causing essentially irreversible damage. Report: https://miningwatch.ca/publications/2020/5/19/predicting-impacts-mining-deep-sea-polymetallic-nodules-pacific-ocean-review