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Fracking, Freshwater Sources, Indigenous Rights | 3 October 2024

Organizations concerned by Mendoza Supreme Court rejecting their Participation while allowing that of the oil industry in litigation over fracking

The Mendoza Supreme Court’s differential treatment occurred in a lawsuit over the authorization of fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, for extracting oil and gas from the Vaca Muerta formation.read more

Freshwater Sources, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, Mining | 24 September 2024

AIDA petitions Argentine court for protection of human rights in lithium mining case

We ask the Court of Justice of Catamarca to cancel the permits for two mining projects to avoid irreversible environmental impacts on the territory of the Salar del Hombre Muerto.read more

Freshwater Sources, Indigenous Rights, Mining | 12 September 2024

UN takes major step toward prioritizing justice regarding transition minerals

The panel recognizes the complexity of the transition and the inequality between the countries of the global south, which host the minerals, and those of the north, that need them.read more

Human Rights, Indigenous Rights | 28 August 2024

Organisations demand justice in criminalization case against Rigoberto Juárez, ancestral authority and environmental and human rights defender of Guatemala

We request judicial authorities to make a decision that takes into account the specific guarantees of Rigoberto Juárez as an ancestral authority and as an environmental and human rights defender.read more

Climate Change, Freshwater Sources, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, Mining, Public Participation | 18 July 2024

The Amazon: The complexities and challenges of its protection

An assessment of the eleventh version of the Pan-Amazonian Social Forum regarding the main agreements, the gaps for their implementation and what is missing to guarantee the protection of the Amazon.read more

Indigenous Rights | 20 May 2024

Native bees and indigenous peoples: an ancestral bond

In some indigenous communities, native bees are considered spiritual and symbolic beings, but they are also valued for their essential functions in sustaining life.read more

Indigenous Rights, Mining | 17 April 2024

Argentina: the scramble for lithium threatens the rights of Indigenous Peoples in Jujuy

International civil society organisations present the conclusions of an observation mission to Jujuy in August 2023 following the constitutional reform, which facilitates lithium extraction.read more

Indigenous Rights, Mining | 17 April 2024

Lithium Fever: Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Under Attack in Jujuy, Argentina

This report contains the main findings of an International Fact-finding Mission Report (21-25 August 2023).read more

Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, Oceans | 4 April 2024

The Kawésqar people and the defense of their "maritorio" in Chile

The maritorio is a concept and also a way of inhabiting and understanding the world. It evokes the image of "territory", but seen from and in the sea.read more

Freshwater Sources, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, Mining, Public Participation | 27 March 2024

Court decision stops new lithium mining projects in Argentine salt flat, sets regional precedent

The Alliance for Andean Wetlands celebrates this achievement of the Atacameños del Altiplano Indigenous Community and the Asamblea PUCARA (Pueblos Catamarqueños en Resistencia y Autodeterminación).read more

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