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Klamath Justice Coalition Halts Logging on Karuk Sacred Sites
The Klamath Justice Coalition organized a blockade in northern California this week, to stop a U.S. Forest Service logging contractor from damaging any sites held sacred by the Indigenous Karuk Nation. Before daybreak on December 16, members of the indigenous-led Coalition gathered at Orleans Mountain Lookout Road within the Six Rivers National Forest and set [...]
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Blackfire mine shut down over environmental concerns
A controversial open-pit Barium mine owned by the Canadian mining firm Blackfire has been temporarily shut down by state authorities in Chiapas, Mexico. The surprise move comes just two days after the State's Attorney General arrested three men believed to be responsible for the death of Mariano Abarca Roblero, "a passionate critic of Blackfire", who [...]
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Anglo Platinum Bulldozes Sekuruwe Farmlands in South Africa
The indigenous community of Sekuruwe in Limpopo, South Africa, suffered a great loss at the hands of Anglo Platinum last week. In the face of mounting protests, on December 3rd, company bulldozers destroyed the Sekuruwe's last remaining farmland, what little they had left since their land rights were handed over to the company last year. [...]
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Awajun and Wampis Detain Gold Mine Employees
The Awajun and Wampis people in Bagua, Peru, recently detained employees from the Canadian mining company IAMGOLD. According to statements from AIDESEP, the company did not have any authorization to enter the territory. The employees, five in total, were arrested in protest of the fact. The workers were identified as Victor Raul Lipa Salas, Eduardo [...]
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Last Stand for the Alangans
The Alangan forest people on the Philippine island of Mindoro are frightened. The sound of test drilling can be heard several places in the jungle they are dependent on. The land they have inherited from their ancestors is threatened by Norwegian mining operations. They fear that the forest god Kapwambulod will be disturbed and turn [...]
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Kanehsatake 270 Years of Resistance
On July 11, 1990, the Mohawk Peoples of Kanehsatà:ke stood up against a legacy of fraudulent theft when the Municipality of Oka, in collusion with the Federal and provincial governments, tried to make way for the expansion of a 9-hole golf course and a new condominium project. In the weeks and months that followed, Canada's [...]
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Tanzania Government bans water use near Barrick mine
The Tanzania government has banned the use of water from the Tigithe River, which may be contaminated with Sulphiric acid used by the Canadian company Barrick Gold at their North Mara Gold Mine in the Tarime discrict. The announcement comes just two days after Tanzanian officials began investigating allegations that the mine's tailings dam is [...]
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