Read the original declaration in Spanish here.
Grenville-sur-la-Rouge - Following a mobilization that began in 2017, the citizens of Grenville-sur-la-Rouge have achieved a significant victory against the junior mining exploration company, Canada Carbon. On March 18, 2025, the Quebec Agricultural Land Protection Commission (CPTAQ or Commission) issued a decision rejecting the graphite mine development project.
MiningWatch Canada joins as a signatory to this letter to Equinox Gold, expressing deep concern over escalating tensions around the Canadian company's Los Filos mine in Mexico.
To Mr. Greg Smith
CEO & President, Equinox Gold
Re: Threats against Carrizalillo ejido and call for respectful negotiations
On Thursday, March 6th, four members of the peaceful resistance to protect the Kimsakocha páramo in Southern Ecuador – all of them women, and one of them a senior citizen – were attacked by a group of five women carrying various objects like sticks, scissors, and a heavy padlock on a small neighbourhood laneway on their way to their agricultural lands.
Civil society organizations celebrate the measure taken by the Colombian Ministry of the Environment, which involves a two year suspension of Canadian company Aris Mining's gold mining project in the páramo.
At recent international tribunal, 14 companies found guilty of exploiting Indigenous lands for mineral extraction across three continents
Brandi Morrin, Ricochet Media
Communities and ecosystems across the globe face heavy environmental damage from intensifying mining operations. A people’s tribunal probed the Canadian mining industry’s impact on the natural world and the people defending it.
Katie Surma, Inside Climate News
Submission to the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on toxics and human rights, to inform the Rapporteur’s 2025 thematic report to the UN Human Rights Council.
