A Global Ignatian Advocacy Network
While our focus is often on the environmental damage caused by corporate mining, significant harm also results from illegal artisanal mining. Unlike large-scale mining, which concentrates on areas with rich underground reserves, illegal miners move quickly across vast tracts of land. According to a New York Times article, illegal miners “cut down broad swaths of jungle, sifting …
Peru Struggling to Save Precious Land from Illegal Gold MiningRead More
New revelations from the Panama Papers indicate that offshore shell companies had been established to own, hold, or do business with oil, natural gas, and mining operations in 44 of Africa’s 54 countries. The shell companies provide anonymity, facilitating tax evasion and the unchecked movement of bribe money used to secure lucrative extractive industry contracts. …
Offshore Shell Companies Deprive Africa of Billions of Dollars in Natural Resource RevenueRead More
The Justice in Mining Network is excited to mark this Feast day of St Ignatius with the launch of its new website, www.justiceinmining.com. The website builds on the Network’s existing Facebook presence, and is part of a communications strategy to help build awareness of human rights and environmental issues relating to mining. “One of the Network’s …
With the annual meeting of the International Seabed Authority due to close, concerns have been raised about the world’s first deep sea mining project that is due to begin in two years’ time in waters off Papua New Guinea. Former Chief Scientist for the US Government National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Dr Sylvia Earle has described …
“The conversations we had along the way reminded me that environmental problems are social problems that demand holistic responses.” In June 2016, Jorge Basave attended a Jesuit Conference Asia Pacific event in the Philippines which focused on Reconciliation with Creation. He has submitted this reflection on the Day 2 activity, a forest walk immersing …
Reconciliation with Creation Workshop – A reflection on the forest walkRead More
Representatives of mining affected communities from seven provinces of South Africa, together with community organisations and ActionAid South Africa, have signed and adopted the first ever Peoples Mining Charter. The Charter will serve as a political programme around which mining affected communities will self-mobilise and engage mining companies and the state. It calls on the …
Peoples Mining Charter – A Historic First for South AfricaRead More
