Extractivism cases by aymara llanque https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43 Identification of overlapping areas with indigenous peoples and local communities en-us 2021-04-15 01:36:20 UTC 2023-01-19 18:30:08 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/270f.png Brasil aymaravictoriallanquezonta https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/1420634648 amazon ]]> 2021-04-15 12:21:38 UTC https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/1420634648 BR-319, Tapauá - AM, 69480-000, Brasilien https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/1420661256 repaving of the BR-319 will open access to protected and indigenous lands for land grabbers, loggers, cattlemen, international soy business, oil and gas projects,

no consultation of indigenous communities, 63 indigenous areas are considered affected]]> 2021-04-15 12:29:10 UTC https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/1420661256 Adani Carmichal Coal Mine in Queensland, Australia rosannagernert https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/1420664282 The Indian multinational company Adani got free hold to Australian land including indigenous territories in 2019. They are building a coal mine which is subsidised by the Australian government. The land has traditionally been used for native ceremonies, rock art and burials by the Wangan and Jagalingou people.
Indigenous land rights for 1,385 hectares have been undermined to make mining possible (native title of the land was taken away).
Protesters fighting for their rights on the land which is now owned by Adani can be arrested for trespassing. However, indigenous people continue to defend their land.
Here is one reaction from a Wangan and Jagalingou Traditional Owner: " For nine years we have said NO to Adani’s toxic coal mine that will rip the heart out of our Country and destroy our songlines" https://www.adaniwatch.org/_tour_de_carmichael_ride_with_coedie_in_wangan_and_jagalingou_country_against_adani_s_mine ]]> 2021-04-15 12:29:41 UTC https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/1420664282 Neuquén, Argentinien https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/1420667974 Vaca muerta megaproject
Oil and gas extraction

https://www.boell.de/sites/default/files/megaproject.pdf

Vaca Muerta is a fracking megaproject: fossil fuel companies (like Shell, Total, Wintershall, etc.) are drilling enormous shale oil and gas reserves in the northern Patagonian region of Argentina. The extracted oil and gas shall mainly be used for energy for Argentinian energy demand but the government also plans long term exports through continental pipelines.

Development of Vaca Muerta threatens the rights of the Mapuche Indigenous community, who have opposed the fracking activities imposed on their land as it has many adverse effects on it. Several demonstrations have taken place since the project has violated national sovereignty, indigenous law and bears the risk of environmental degradation.

]]> 2021-04-15 12:30:43 UTC https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/1420667974 Xingu River, Brasilien https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/1420678120 The Canadian mining company Belo Sun plans to open a massive gold mine in indegenous territories in the Volta Grande do Xingu. To validate its Environmental Impact Assessment, meetings with indegenous representatives are required. Although in-person meetings were authorized by the Brazilian National Indigenous Foundation (FUNAI), affected indegenous communities and allied organizations opposed this decision, as meetings would have posed a serious health threat due to the Covid-19 situation during at that time. The resistance succeeded as FUNAI withdrew their decision. Project plans are put on hold now. ]]> 2021-04-15 12:33:29 UTC https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/1420678120 Yasuni National Park, Puerto Francisco de Orellana, Ecuador https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/1420679396 Oil extractivism since 1930`s,
uproar against that in 2007 by indigineous women
since 2019 oil production forbidden by court

The protest actions of the Waoraní are endowed with very little agency due to many factors, such as status, language barriers, logistical and financial limitations, effort of mobilization, lack of legal basis, difficult access to knowledge, power relations, etc. The cohesion among the Waoraní and its principles, values and constant insistence, coupled with the interaction of indigenous oil opponents and numerous actors, however, showed the effect that the protest actions have. However, the cohesion among the Waoraní and their principles, values and constant insistence, coupled with the interaction of indigenous oil opponents and numerous actors, showed the effect that networking and group dynamics can bring about and ultimately lead to a prime example of climate protection as a community task.

]]> 2021-04-15 12:33:50 UTC https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/1420679396 Lago Agrio, Ecuador https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/1420680076 - Texaco (oil company) started extracting oil in the area in 1964/72
- a lot of pollution: crude oil intered the area, pits were not covered --> worst oil-related
disaster of the world
- company was sued (in 1993) --> legal process: a lot of corruption & ambiguities; still not properly resolved]]> 2021-04-15 12:34:01 UTC https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/1420680076 Iglesia Catolica Santa Fe Ocaña, San Juan Sacatepéquez, Guatemala https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/1420683818 · conflict between residents of Santa Fe Ocana and a Mega Cement Factory

· in October government declared exceptional security state

· peace agreement after the exceptional state passed

· however, negotiations did not include resistant activists, thus protest continued

]]> 2021-04-15 12:34:47 UTC https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/1420683818 Unist'ot'en https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/1420693603 A constantly expanding number of companies (like Shell) have proposed Tar Sands and Fracking Gas pipelines through Unist’ot’en territory. The proposed pipelines are a threat to the watershed, as well as the plants, animals and communities that depend on them.
[https://unistoten.camp/]]]> 2021-04-15 12:37:23 UTC https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/1420693603 Bori, Nigeria https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/1420701860 The exploitation of natural resources by Shell (starting in 1956) caused environmental degradation, pollution of potable water and agricultural land. The Indigenous Ogoni people organised protests against Shell, e.g. a demonstration with 300.000 participants in 1993. ]]> 2021-04-15 12:39:25 UTC https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/1420701860 https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/1420744653 2021-04-15 12:49:34 UTC https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/1420744653 Baker, Montana, USA https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/1420750919 Keystone Pipeline]]> 2021-04-15 12:51:02 UTC https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/1420750919 https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/1420797536 2021-04-15 13:01:25 UTC https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/1420797536 https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/1441637464 2021-04-21 08:34:39 UTC https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/1441637464 Gran Chaco, Bolivia https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/1441654658 2021-04-21 08:40:31 UTC https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/1441654658 Agua Zarca, Honduras https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/1944277935 Lenca indigenous community
Extractivist project: hydro power plant since 2013
criminalization and killing of defenders: eg. Bertha Caceres (murdered 2016)

]]> 2021-12-13 12:02:50 UTC https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/1944277935 El Estor, Guatemala https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/1944280862
Isla, Ana. "“Greening,” the Highest Stage of Extractivism in Latin America."

2004, Skye Resources, a Vancouver-based mining company, was granted permission
by the government to begin work in a large area in northeastern Guatemala that was home to at
least 20 Maya Q’eqchi’ communities, including Lote Ocho. Earlier that year, Skye had bought
the rights to the open-pit Fenix nickel mine, located near the majority-Maya town of El Estor,
from the Canadian mining company INCO. Skye also bought INCO’s 70 percent share of its
subsidiary, EXMIBAL, which Skye then renamed CGN. But the deal also saw Skye acquire the
long-festering, unresolved disputes over land left by INCO and EXMIBAL’s violent past (as an
example, between 2006 and 2008, CGN dispatched helicopters to terrorize those living in the
land). CGN campaign culminated in two waves of evictions targeting several Indigenous villages
on January 8, 9, and 17, 2007. Eleven women from Lote Ocho were allegedly gang-raped by
police officers, soldiers, and CGN’s security during the last eviction. Consequently, these women
have been suing Hudbay Minerals Inc., a Toronto-based mining company that bought Skye in
2008, acquiring Skye’s legal liability. The impoverished community
eventually split and drifted apart as some members accepted jobs at CGN. Supported by Rights
Action, (Archives) the litigation, seeking justice, continues in Canada and Guatemala. ]]> 2021-12-13 12:04:55 UTC https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/1944280862 Cajamarca, Peru ductapea https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/1944281333 Conga goldmine - Yanacocha mining company - claims legal ownership of Máxima’s land while Máxima says she never sold any of her land to the company - numerous eviction attempts - intimidation attempts through state and company - company gave up in 2016]]> 2021-12-13 12:05:14 UTC https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/1944281333 Cordillera Administrative Region, Philippines https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/1944282865 Its population of 1.7 million largely comprises Indigenous Peoples from eight different major ethno-linguistic groups, collectively known as the Igorot.
This area's natural resources and high commercial value means that extractivist projects and land grabbing is taking place in violation of Indigenous rights and despite the existence of progressive laws such as Law of the Republic No. 8371, known as the Indigenous Peoples' Rights Act (IPRA). Large-scale mining began in the 1990s

The indigenous peoples here are facing serious militarisation, harassment, violence, and criminalisation as consequences of new 'Anti-terrorism' laws.

At least 272 environmental defenders were killed between 2001 and 2019, according to the Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment, a network of Philippine environmental organizations. More than half of them were protesting mines, like the three young farmers in Masbate province on the island of Luzon, who were killed in October 2017 after they were red-tagged.

Monday in July 2006: Chandu Claver, his wife, and 10-year-old daughter were in their car at a busy intersection after dropping off the youngest daughter at her school. Without warning, a dark van pulled in front of them and two armed men with rifles stepped out and opened fire. Claver was shot three times in the shoulder and once in the stomach. His wife was shot seven times in the chest. A bullet grazed their daughter’s head. His wife was killed. Claver resisted many government actions and was part of a group that had been pushing back against “development aggression,” or corporate activities imposed on Indigenous ancestral lands without tribal consent. Many of these ventures are helmed by Canadian corporations.

https://www.iwgia.org/en/philippines/4036-activists-are-not-terrorists-the-criminalisation-of-human-rights-defenders-in-the-philippines.html ]]> 2021-12-13 12:06:19 UTC https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/1944282865 Kiruna, Schweden https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/1944285774 Next to the city of Kiruna in the north of Sweden, the Luossavaara Kirunavaara AB is extracting iron ore in a great mine. To expand the project, the whole city of Kiruna is currently being relocated 3km to the east so that the area where the city is currently located can be used for extravice purposes. The mining sites are both located in Sámi reindeer herding territory and thus the Sámi are protesting against there extractive activities and the Sámi parliament tried to raise awareness for this problem.]]> 2021-12-13 12:08:07 UTC https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/1944285774 Chumbivilcas, Peru https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/1944286151 Mining conflict Las Bambas

Mining conflicts according the largest peruvian copper mine are ongoing for years as the mining companies Xtrata and MMG did not met the contracts made with local communities. In the past displacements of a community as well as environmental pollution happened. Locals answered to the breaking of arrangments with road blokades which were shut down with police violence with one person killed. The latest conflict is about unauthorized road uses.

CooperAcción; Observatorio de conflictos mineros en el Perú (Hg.) (2015): Caso: "Las Bambas". Informe ecpecial 2015. Jesús María, Lima.

https://perusupportgroup.org.uk/2021/12/las-bambas-dispute-ratchets-up-with-threatened-closure/

https://larepublica.pe/economia/1383952-estudio-revela-impacto-mineria-apurimac

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-peru-mining-clash-idUSKBN12F01W

]]> 2021-12-13 12:08:23 UTC https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/1944286151 North Dakota Access Pipeline ductapea https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/2148597884 Pipeline constructed to extract crude oil. Construction through indigenous territory. In turn they lost their living rights. There were huge protests, protest camps etc.]]> 2022-04-19 13:38:37 UTC https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/2148597884 Jadar, Serbien ajlaahmetovic https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/2148615556 Lithium (Jadarite) Extraction in Serbia by Rio Tinto
project update: https://balkangreenenergynews.com/rio-tinto-exploring-all-options-after-serbia-canceled-its-lithium-project/

]]> 2022-04-19 13:49:08 UTC https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/2148615556 Atacama Desert, Antofagasta, Chile https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/2153469626 Lithium mining in Northern Chile - an example of "green extractivism"

- Lithium mining is a water-intensive process, taking place in one of the driest places on Earth, leading to water scarcity and environmental damages (e.g. changes in the natural hidrodynamics of the salt flat, biodiversity loss) in the already fragile desert ecosystem
- Local Atacameño indigenous communities are deeply affected by this practice: their autonomy & self-sufficiency is endangered by the increasing depleation of water resources and its consequences for agriculture and livestock. Their cultural and ritual sites are endangered and disrespected. The (spiritual) values they ascribe to the landscape and natural elements (e.g. water) are not considered at all.
- Further damages are caused by the chemicals used in the process (further research is needed to determine the effects of exposure to certain substances in the air / soil / water)
- Local communities receive mere paybacks as monetary compesation for the damages
- Lithium is crucial for the "green transformation", since it is a fundamental element of batteries for e-vehices & energy storage systems
- Water in Chile is still privatized (lots of issues around water rights also in the South, where hydroelectric power plants require huge amounts of water). The government assigns water & land rights (to corporations). In the last years the main concessions for lithium mining were given to a US-American & a Chilean company, while the last auction was won by a Chinese and a Chilean company. This bidding process is still not concluded and is worthy of attention considering the agenda of the new government and the current work of the Constitutional Assembly.
- Lithium mining doesn't affect just Chile, but also Bolivia & Argentina in the so-called "lithium triangle", one of the biggest lithium reserves in the world

➡️https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jun/14/electric-cost-lithium-mining-decarbonasation-salt-flats-chile

➡️Jerez, B., Garcés, I., & Torres, R. (2021). Lithium extractivism and water injustices in the Salar de Atacama, Chile: The colonial shadow of green electromobility. Political Geography, 87, 102382.

➡️Gundermann, H., & Göbel, B. (2018). Comunidades indígenas, empresas del litio y sus relaciones en el salar de Atacama. Chungara: Revista de Antropología Chilena, 50(3), 471–486. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26534172]]> 2022-04-22 11:41:23 UTC https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/2153469626 Greece https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/2154485719 The rise of global demand for fossil fuels brings to an intensive resource extraction for the energy sector.

Extractivism is not just the activity of resource extraction but a development model, which organizes – on the basis of the exploitation and marketing of resources for export – the political, socio-economic and cultural relations within the respective country or region: the economy and class structures, gender relations, the state and public discourse.
_-_{Giorgos Velegrakis}]]> 2022-04-23 10:27:04 UTC https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/2154485719 Hasdeo Arand, Chhattisgarh https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/2154880077 India plans to fell ancient forest to create 40 new coalfields. Narendra Modi’s dream of a ‘self-reliant India’ comes at a terrible price for its indigenous population:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/08/india-prime-minister-narendra-modi-plans-to-fell-ancient-forest-to-create-40-new-coal-fields

]]> 2022-04-23 21:10:37 UTC https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/2154880077 Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/2156690525 Cobalt mining in the province of Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo

About half of all mined cobalt worldwide comes from this region. With growing demand of rechargeable batteries, the amount of mines has increased.
The mines are often close to towns and villages - local communities are cut off their original farmland and water sources, without having a say in the matter. Often whole villages are forced to be relocated. Their new homes lack basic of services (fresh water, fertile farmland, schools, health care). Air and water pollution are a big problem.

Due to the destructive consequences of the coal mining, many people are forced to work in the mines for survival because there are no other income options. This results in frequent child labour, life-threatening work conditions and lack of prospects for local communities.
Many children do not go to school because there are needed to provide the income for food by illegal mining with their bare hands. There is almost no girls labouring here artisanal miners believe the presence of women makes cobalt disappear. Reports are that kidnappings and even blood sacrifices are rampant.

Mostly investors from China own the mining companies. The government fails to protect local communities from the fatal consequences.
One local voice: "They take our copper and cobalt but when a child dies on their mine, they are nowhere to be found.”

]]> 2022-04-25 14:44:26 UTC https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/2156690525 Deforestation in Australia since arrival of Europeans https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/2158216164 According to the Australian Wilderness Society (1), “Just 50% of Australia’s forests and bushlands remain intact compared with pre-European arrival. The other 50% has been either permanently destroyed and replaced with another land use or is classed as degraded forests and bushlands—most of which was previously cleared but now regrowing vegetation of different ages.” It is further said that “Australia has lost 27% of our rainforest, 19% of open forest, 11% of woodland forest and 28% of mallee forest since 1750.” Referring to sources such as, for instance, Global Forest Watch (2)(3), large shares of this process can be traced back to deforestation. Reasons for this can be, among others, land for cattle grazing for the beef industry, of for the logging industry.

Sources (online sources all accessed on April 26, 2022):

(1) https://www.wilderness.org.au/news-events/10-facts-about-deforestation-in-australia

(2) https://www.globalforestwatch.org/dashboards/country/AUS/?dashboardPrompts=eyJzaG93UHJvbXB0cyI6dHJ1ZSwicHJvbXB0c1ZpZXdlZCI6WyJkb3dubG9hZERhc2hib2FyZFN0YXRzIiwic3Vic2NyaWJlVG9BcmVhIiwicmVjZW50SW1hZ2VyeSIsInNoYXJlV2lkZ2V0Il0sInNldHRpbmdzIjp7InNob3dQcm9tcHRzIjp0cnVlLCJwcm9tcHRzVmlld2VkIjpbImRvd25sb2FkRGFzaGJvYXJkU3RhdHMiLCJzdWJzY3JpYmVUb0FyZWEiLCJyZWNlbnRJbWFnZXJ5Il0sInNldHRpbmdzIjp7Im9wZW4iOmZhbHNlLCJzdGVwSW5kZXgiOjAsInN0ZXBzS2V5IjoiIn0sIm9wZW4iOnRydWUsInN0ZXBJbmRleCI6MCwic3RlcHNLZXkiOiJzaGFyZVdpZGdldCJ9LCJzdGVwc0tleSI6InNoYXJlV2lkZ2V0IiwiZm9yY2UiOnRydWV9&location=WyJjb3VudHJ5IiwiQVVTIl0%3D&map=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%3D%3D&showMap=true&treeLossTsc=eyJoaWdobGlnaHRlZCI6ZmFsc2V9

(3) (for maps illustrating loss of tree cover) https://www.globalforestwatch.org/map/?map=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%3D%3D&mapMenu=eyJkYXRhc2V0Q2F0ZWdvcnkiOiJmb3Jlc3RDaGFuZ2UifQ%3D%3D&mapPrompts=eyJvcGVuIjp0cnVlLCJzdGVwc0tleSI6InJlY2VudEltYWdlcnkiLCJzdGVwc0luZGV4IjowfQ%3D%3D

]]> 2022-04-26 09:42:00 UTC https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/2158216164 Destruction of sacred sites systematically allowed by state legislation despite protection act https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/2159162826 In the state of Western Australia, there has existed since 1972 the so-called "Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 (AHA)", which, according to the WA government site, "protects all Aboriginal heritage sites in Western Australia, whether they are registered or not." (1) Nevertheless, mining companies have systematically been given permission to destroy sacred sites upon request. One article, written after one incident that made the headlines when the Rio Tinto mining company destroyed a 46,000-years-old sacred site at Juukan Gorge (near marked spot on the map), notes: "The mining industry made 144 requests to the WA Government to 'impact' heritage sites between 2017-2021. Only one was rejected."(2) One study of 2014 found for example shows how the AHA systematically doesn't fulfill its actual purpose of protecting sacred sites, and that indigenous communities are never included into the process of dealing with requests (3).

Considering that within the 14 months after the destruction of the sacred site at Juukan Gorge, "22 requests have been granted and 1 declined" (2), it becomes hard to believe in the words of Rio Tinto, published on their website:

"It is our collective responsibility to ensure that the destruction of a site of such exceptional cultural significance never happens again, to earn back the trust that has been lost, and to re-establish our leadership in communities and social performance." (4)

Sources (Online sources all accessed on April 26, 2022):

(1) https://www.wa.gov.au/organisation/department-of-planning-lands-and-heritage/aboriginal-sites-objects-and-ancestral-remains

(2) https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/how-our-laws-allow-the-destruction-of-sacred-indigenous-sites/13435592

(3) https://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/publications/tabledpapers.nsf/displaypaper/3911255c8081f93d62dd059c48257c8c0009f3cd/$file/tp-1255.pdf

(4) https://www.riotinto.com/en/news/inquiry-into-juukan-gorge

]]> 2022-04-26 19:34:38 UTC https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/2159162826 Pee hee mu’huh / Thacker Pass: US' largest lithium mine likely to be built in area sacred to local Indigenous Peoples (because they claim a massacre of white colonizers against indigenous people had taken place there in 1865) https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/2159284570 Lithium Nevada Corp. seems likely to soon start building the US' largest lithium mine in an area, today on the border between the states of Nevada and Oregon, that is sacred to local indigenous groups, the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony and the People of Red Mountain (1). According to the Guardian, "tribal oral history depicts US soldiers killing dozens of Indigenous people in the late 1800s, including women and children, and leaving behind a burial ground with deep spiritual significance. The generations that followed have honored the expansive site with ceremonies while continuing to hunt and forage for traditional foods and medicines"(2).

It has been disputed though by the potential mining company and the courts whether the site of the massacre was actually located at the so-called Thacker Pass, and a permit to perform archeological digging as a legally obligatory preparation for the mining site installation was issued. As the initiative "Protect Thacker Pass" notes in a press release, "according to mine opponents, issuing the permit and conducting the archeological dig will violate the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and the National Historic Preservation Act"(3). According to Will Falk, attorney of Reno-Sparks Indian Colony and People of Red Mountain, among others, a dig "will likely destroy the remains of massacred Paiute people" (3).

Lithium Americas, on their website, don't mention the local indigenous communities and the issue at all in the first overall description of the project that can be found, and just briefly later on the website, where it is said that their approach "ensures the local community is included early in the development process" (4).

Will Falk though, discussing the court decision to issue the digging permit and its claim of the supposedly unproven location of the massacre, says: "We are asking Judge Du to reconsider her decision until meaningful consultation takes place with all Nevada Tribal leaders and people.", and, among others, that the federal government was "perpetrat[ing] this atrocity" [that the massacre had represented](3).

Sources (all online sources accessed on April 26, 2022):

(1) By "Newswire" referred to in the following way: "a group of Paiute and Shoshone people from the Fort McDermitt and Duck Valley reservations calling themselves Atsa koodakuh wyh Nuwu (People of Red Mountain)". Source: https://newswire.kepw.org/2021/07/26/native-american-groups-seek-to-preserve-traditional-sites-threatened-by-lithium-mine/

(2) https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/02/thacker-pass-lithium-mine-fight-save-sacred-land-nevada

(3) https://www.protectthackerpass.org/press-release-ignoring-evidence-of-massacre-remains-bureau-of-land-management-issues-permit-for-archeological-dig-at-thacker-pass/

(4) https://www.lithiumamericas.com/usa/thacker-pass/

]]> 2022-04-26 21:25:41 UTC https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/2159284570 Tirúa, Temuco, Chile https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/2232517886 Foreign forest plantation and explotation in Mapuche indigenous communities.]]> 2022-06-28 14:27:16 UTC https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/2232517886 Tahiti, French Polynesia https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/2232518076 Aquaculture farm in Hao, built by Chinese company leasing the land and ocean. Very controversial for political reasons; French president Macron vetoed the project for its dangerous Chinese influence. Also environmental concerns, since local government regulations were corrupt.

]]> 2022-06-28 14:27:22 UTC https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/2232518076 Iran https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/2232519071
Dangerous extracting of fishes by china in Persian Golf has destroyed local life in costal cities of Iran. ]]> 2022-06-28 14:28:10 UTC https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/2232519071 Coca-cola Factory Plachimada, kannimari Medu, Kerala, India https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/2232519502 2022-06-28 14:28:38 UTC https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/2232519502 Petorca, Chile https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/2232521350 Drought caused for avocado plantations.]]> 2022-06-28 14:30:14 UTC https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/2232521350 Tunisia and Morocco https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/2232525457 Gabes and Safi: the phosphate twins in the extractivist hell
Massive pollution generated from the phosphate factory, causing significant decrease of fish population.
Workers’ and other inhabitants’ health: respiratory disease, bone fragility and teeth yellowing.]]> 2022-06-28 14:33:35 UTC https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/2232525457 Morocco https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/2232527874 Tunisia and Morocco are major world producers of phosphate. In 2017, Morocco (including Western Sahara) was the third biggest producer of phosphates in the world,48 its reserves amounting to over 70 per cent of global supply. The sector in Morocco is monopolised by the public company Office Chérifien des Phosphates (OCP).
Gabes and Safi: the phosphate twins in the extractivist hell

Massive pollution is generated from the phosphate factory, causing significant decrease of fish population.
Workers’ and other inhabitants’ health: respiratory disease, bone fragility and teeth yellowing.]]> 2022-06-28 14:36:21 UTC https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/2232527874 Lantau Island, Hong Kong https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/2232532320 A controversial massive land reclamation project near Kau Yi Chau and Hei Ling Chau on waters to the east of Lantau Island in Hong Kong that is expected to destroy natural habitat, create huge carbon emissions, and upset land justice. Refer to the below links for details:
1. https://earth.org/is-lantau-tomorrow-vision-the-sight-hong-kong-needs/
2. https://greenearth.org.hk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/The-Green-Earth-Position-Paper-Legco-Lantau-Tomorrow-Vision-20201111-1.pdf
3. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-15-5266-3_4]]> 2022-06-28 14:41:31 UTC https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/2232532320 Uppage Fruit Harvest (Garcinia-gummi gutta) in Western Ghats, Karnataka hosadpra https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/2233206945 Since few years, there is an increase in the cases and spread of Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD), a highly pathogenic virus that spread from monkeys to humans through virus-infected ticks. This increase has been linked to increased deforestation, mono cultivation in the region and uppage in Garcinia-gummi gutta fruit harvest. This fruit is of immense importance as it is believed to stimulate weight loss, suppress appetite and possess natural diuretic properties. Although the extraction of non-timber forest products by local communities was a widely proposed strategy to stem deforestation while enhancing livelihood, this good extractivism has now become problematic. This uppage of fruit harvest has reduced the food for the monkeys in the region and deforestation has shrunk the forest habitat of monkeys. This has resulted in malnourished monkeys falling prey to KFD. They inturn seek food near cities and thereby increasing the spread of disease even further. From my first-hand experience, I could say that the communities in the region have realised this implication and have now started growing more fruit trees specially for the monkeys and other animals to consume. But never the less, this isn't a solution to the extractivism that is still happening in these forests. ]]> 2022-06-29 07:33:39 UTC https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/2233206945 https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/2396954700 In 2001 Mexico planned on building a new airport in Texcoco. However, the community that lived in the region (largely indigenous) objected to the project because they feared their territory being taken away without a say in the process. This is just one example of how people in Mexico challenged big building projects and won.]]> 2022-11-24 14:42:29 UTC https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/2396954700 Minnesota, USA https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/2403316695 Water protection against tarsand oil from Alberta, Canada, by Enbridge Inc.’s controversial Line 3 pipeline in northern Minnesota. see Violence and resistance at the frontlines of climate justice - Resilience

]]> 2022-11-30 10:17:39 UTC https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/2403316695 Lützerath 7, 41812 Erkelenz, Deutschland https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/2403321456 climate justice movement fighting against coal extraction and respective expropriation for it. Lützerath as symbol for the possible reach of 1.5 degree target. ]]> 2022-11-30 10:21:48 UTC https://padlet.com/aymaravictoriallanquezonta/nzvxb3o10a7zpo43/wish/2403321456