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RT @cnca_rcrce: Dozens of human rights defenders peacefully opposing a 🇨🇦 mining project in Ecuador have been criminalized and sentenced, w….
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Hey @themetalsco @MarkJCarney @AnitaAnandMP, the ocean is not for sale. Don't open the floodgates to extraction in the deep sea. The world is watching: Say NO to deep sea mining. #StopDeepSeaMining.
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RT @GreenpeaceCA: Yesterday, we pulled up outside @themetalsco's HQ in Vancouver with paintbrushes. 🎨. We teamed up w/ Coast Salish artist….
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RT @cnca_rcrce: The future of the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise is uncertain, reports @TaviaGrant. The position of CO….
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This urgent open letter demands:.1️⃣ End the criminal proceedings and investigations.2️⃣ Withdraw military/police from Las Naves.3️⃣ Protect environmental defenders—and their water!. Read more:
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🌊 In La Unión, locals block access roads to protect their water sources (Piedra Negra). Despite this, 300+ militarized police used tear gas & rubber bullets to clear the way for mining machinery.
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🚨 13 defenders have already been jailed for up to 4 years—without solid evidence. Trials & appeals for others are imminent. This is peaceful dissent being punished.
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Yesterday, 283 organizations sent a joint letter urging 🇪🇨Ecuador, 🇨🇦Canada @EyesAbroad & Canadian mining companies SilverCorp $SVM.TO and Salazar Resources $SRL to stop criminalizing 29 land & water defenders in Bolívar province opposing the Curipamba–El Domo project!
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DAY 3🚨 of repression in Las Naves🇪🇨: .Rural communities report police violence as they stand up against Canadian copper project, owned by Silvercorp Metals Inc $SVM.TO & Salazar Resources $SRL. We demand the Canadian embassy support these environmental defenders #VoicesAtRisk🗣️
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Folks in Vancouver! Join Greenpeace for the No Deep Sea Mining mural festival on July 4th - and paint a collective mural imagined by local Coast Salish artists in front of The Metals Company's HQ!
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In the Voluntad de Dios district, Las Naves, Ecuador, communities are blocking access to 🇨🇦Silvercorp Metals Inc & Salazar Resources using agricultural products. They say that mining threatens the country's food sovereignty. The land is not for sale, it must be defended!.
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We stand in solidarity with communities in Las Naves, Ecuador facing violent repression. Since last month, they have been blocking access to the Domo Curipamba project by 🇨🇦Silvercorp Metals Inc and Salazar Resources $SVM.TO $SRL.@EyesAbroad .@CanadaEcuador.
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Tomorrow! Register now!.
🧵In both B.C. and Quebec, “free entry” systems allow mining claims to occur on virtually all lands and without consultation or consent of Indigenous governments. But ongoing legal challenges, led by First Nations in both provinces, are fighting to change that. (1/5)
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"Hands off Kimsakocha!" . This is the message that Indigenous, campesino and urban environmental groups, united to defend water, are sending to Dundee Precious Metals $DPM.TO 🇨🇦.
#Ecuador Asamblea por el agua #Kimsakocha no se toca. Estuvimos en la comunidad de Escaleras en la Asamblea por la Defensa de los páramos de Kimsacocha Participaron comunidades, juntas de agua, colectivos y organizaciones unidos por la defensa del agua frente a la amenaza minera.
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🌊 20 Canadian, Indigenous and international orgs, including MiningWatch, are calling on Canada to stand firm on a moratorium against deep sea mining ahead of upcoming International Seabed Authority meetings. 📄 Full letter:
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The presidential decree would allow more industrial mining, which would heavily benefit Canadian companies, in highly sensitive ecosystems such as glaciers and periglacial zones.
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Open letter to Argentinian President Javier Milei, signed by 39 organizations, including MiningWatch Canada . Argentinian mining affected communities denounce Milei for trying to pass a decree that would modify Argentina’s Glacier Law.
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RT @jachalnosetoca: Defendamos la ley de protección de glaciares porque en los glaciares nace el agua que mantiene la vida de los pueblos c….
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RT @ChiefsofOntario: Hundreds rallied at Parliament Hill to oppose PM Carney’s sweeping Bill C-5, which would let one minister override law….
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RT @350Canada: Bill C-5 is a dangerous omnibus Bill designed to ram through provisions that would shorten windows for environmental assessm….
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