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Human Rights and Mining
Development aggression and human rights violations are sharply illustrated in communities suffering from the harsh consequences of large-scale mining projects. The institution is building the capability of indigenous communities, NGOs, church workers and local government officials to monitor and document human rights violations in mining communities. Spearheading the monitoring and documentation of the violations on the people’s rights to land, PhilRights is helping the grassroots campaign against the large-scale mining operations in Nueva Viscaya and Oriental Mindoro. Mining in these areas, as conducted by giant companies, has already compromised the environmental sustainability and agricultural life of the people.
PhilRights’ role in this campaign includes: (1) Human rights education through forums, film showing, and dissemination of IEC materials to all the members of the selected communities, including the local officials; (2) Situational analysis and review of literature on HR monitoring and documentation; and (3) Institutional strengthening through training seminars and exposure trips.
Please visit:
http://philrights.org/?page_id=275
ATM MEMBERS
Alamin-Mahal
http://groups.msn.com/ALAMINMAHAL/
The Alyansa Laban sa Mina (ALAMIN) heads the broad coalition on local opposition to mining in Mindoro, which is among the strongest anti-mining provinces in the nation.The group is managed by Mindoro Assistance for Human Advancement through Linkages, Inc. (MAHAL).
A massively biodiverse island, the threat of mining in Mindoro falls directly on the Mangyan Heritage Park, and threatens both the terrestrial environment there as well as the waters of Naujan Lake (declared a national park in 1968) as well as those of the Tablas Strait off the island's coast. The indigenous Mangyan's are threatened with displacement, as the mining application of Crew Minerals overlaps with CADC No. 24 of the Alangan Mangyans and CADC No. 85 of the Tadyawan Mangyans as well as a second area of the Alangans in the Buraboy area.
Civil Society Counterpart Council for Sustainable Development (CSCCSD)
The Civil Society Counterpart Council for Sustainable Development (CSCCSD) or simply the CSD was formed shortly before the first Earth summit in 2001. Created to serve as the NGO counterpart in the government’s Philippine Council for Sustainable Development, the aim of the CSD is the creation and implementation of sustainable development plans towards a better future for the country.
The CSCCSD membership is national in scope and showcases a wide range of expertise in sustainable development: natural resources management, community organizing, biodiversity conservation, climate change, sustainable agriculture, environmental education, gender mainstreaming, indigenous peoples, policy advocacy, environmental law and many others.
Cordillera Network of NGOs & POs (CORDNET)
CORDNET is composed of 16 development Non-government Organizations and People's Organizations with vast experience in development work with an average of 10 years in existence. These NGOs and POs coming from Abra, Kalinga, and Baguio City agreed to work together for a strong, self-sustaining and cohesive PO-NGO network, actively working with other development players for a better Cordillera.
DIOPIM Committee on Mining Issues
The DIOPIM Committee on Mining Issues is a non-governmental organization (NGO) based in Dipolog City, the Philippines. We are a committee spearheaded by the Roman Catholic Church and composed of Social Action Directors, NGOs and Indigenous People’s groups. Our mission is to change people’s perceptions regarding mineral mining. In particular we seek to liberate people from the belief that mining promotes sustainable development.
Ecological Society of the Philippines (ESP)
The Ecological Society of the Philippines was founded in 1979 under its original name, The Under Water Ecological Society of the Philippines (UESP) duly registered with the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC). The name was amended in October 1983 to be known as the Ecological Society of the Philippines (ESP). It is a non-stock, non-profit, non-governmental Organization.
ESP was formed to provide a formal institutional organization that will cooperate and collaborate with both private and public sectors of the Philippine Society for the institution, sponsorship, assistance and financing of action programs, studies and research pertaining to the conservation, enhancement, and protection for mankind of nature in all its forms and the natural environment, including fauna, flora, landscape, water, soil, forest, and other natural resources.
Environmental Legal Assistance Center (ELAC)
The Environmental Legal Assistance Center (ELAC), Inc. is an environmental non-government organization committed to helping communities uphold their constitutional right to a healthful and balanced ecology. Its staff is made up of lawyers, paralegals, researchers, and community organizers. It also works with an extensive network of volunteer lawyers and scientists. As part of its assistance, ELAC provides legal representation in environmental court cases, legal advice in drafting environmental laws, and paralegal trainings for both community volunteers and government law enforcers.
Foundation for the Philippine Environment (FPE)
The Foundation for the Philippine Environment (FPE) was organized to help reverse the rapid destruction of the Philippine natural resource base through a strategic and integrated conservation program. A grant-making institution, FPE was incorporated on January 15, 1992.
The final form of the Foundation emerged after a process of nationwide consultations with 334 Philippine NGOs and POs and 24 academic institutions. The Philippine NGOs and POs took the lead in conceptualizing and organizing the Foundation and its subsequent program directions. They are, in essence, the owners of the Foundation.
Haribon Foundation for the Conservation of Natural Resources
The Haribon Foundation for the Conservation of Natural Resources is a membership organization dedicated to the conservation of Philippine biodiversity. It aims to build a constituency for environmental issues that will call for prioritizing conservation actions on habitats and sites, based on solid scientific and socio-economic research. We are the pioneer environmental organization in the Philippines.
Institute of the Sisters of Mercy
http://www.sistersofmercy.org/
The Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas is an international community of women religious vowed to serve people who suffer from poverty, sickness and lack of education with a special concern for women and children.
The Institute is comprised of six Communities with more than 4,200 sisters who serve in North, South and Central America, the Caribbean, Guam and the Philippines. More than 3,000 Mercy Associates, several Companions in Mercy, over 600 Mercy Volunteer Corps alumni and hundreds of co-workers in Mercy-sponsored programs and institutions also share in our mission, following the example of Mercy foundress, Catherine McAuley.
KASAPI Indigenous Peoples Coalition of the Philippines
KASAPI is a national federation of different Indigenous Peoples' Organizations(IPO's) representing 64 ethno-linguistic groups from 127 different indigenous cultural communities in the Philippines. It is a network of 16 regional and sub-regional federations comprise of about 250 community-based indigenous peoples' organization.
Since its inception, KASAPI has continually engaged the Philippine government at all levels to ensure the active participation of IP leaders in setting the national development agenda particularly as it relates to IP rights and other specific policies that impact on them.
Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center - Kasama sa Kalikasan (LRC-KsK/Friends of the Earth-Philippines)
The Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center - Kasama sa Kalikasan (LRC-KsK/Friends of the Earth-Philippines) is a policy and legal research and advocacy institution. It is organized as a non-stock, non-profit, non-partisan, cultural scientific and research foundation duly registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). It started its actual operations on February 1988. The Organization is the Official member of the Friends of the Earth International (FOEI).
LRC-KsK envisions a society where the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities are respected, recognized and upheld. We aspire for a society for all women and men where the ownership, use, management, conservation of our natural resources are carried out in a democratic, ecologically sustainable, culturally appropriate, economically viable, gender just and equitable manner
Mangyan Heritage Center (MHC)
The Mangyan Heritage Center (MHC) is a library, a research and education center in Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines. Established in 2000, the MHC builds upon the collection of Dutch anthropologist and Mangyan historian Antoon Postma. The MHC preserves, documents and conducts further research on all topics concerning and of concern to the eight Mangyan tribal groups, namely: Alangan, Bangon, Buhid, Hanunoo, Iraya, Tadyawan, Tau-buid and Ratagnon.
Miriam College - PEACE
http://www.mc.edu.ph/centers/centerforpeaceeducation
Miriam College is a premier Filipino Catholic institution of learning that forms leaders in service who combine competence with caring,are rooted in Filipino culture and Asian tradition,and yet are citizens of the world.
The Center’s mission is to help advance a culture of peace through education.
A culture of peace is a set of values, modes of behavior and ways of life that reflects respect for life and for human dignity, rejects violence in all its forms, prevents violent conflicts by tackling their root causes, and recognizes the importance of cooperation, tolerance and dialogue.
Philippine Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Areas (PhilDHRRA)
The Philippine Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Areas (PhilDHRRA) is a network of seventy-two (72) non-government organizations (as of present) involved in various development activities in rural communities all over the country...
PhilDHRRA envisions a society that is characterized by participatory democracy, equality, national sovereignty, economic prosperity, cultural autonomy, gender equity, and environmental sustainability. Relevant and self-reliant NGOs will make a significant contribution to the attainment of this society...
With its commitment to rural development, the members of the network adopted the Integrated Provincial Sustainable Agriculture, Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (IPSAARRD) as its core strategy.
Philippine Indigenous Peoples Links (PIPLinks)
Philippine Indigenous Peoples Links (PIPLinks)exists to uphold and promote the collective and individual human rights of Indigenous Peoples and other land-based communities. PIPLinks was founded in 1992 in response to requests for support from Philippine Indigenous Peoples' organisations, where much of our work is focussed. Also known as Indigenous Peoples Links, the organisation, which is based in the United Kingdom, works on the same issues globally.
People's Recovery, Empowerment Development Assistance Foundation - PREDA
PREDA, People's Recovery, Empowerment Development Assistance Foundation. We are a group of idealistic people working to save and heal abused children and exploited women. To oppose sexual abuse and sex trafficking and change society where this is a common practice. We challenge people of good will to act and help change society and encourage the authorities to respond and implement laws, do justice and protect the innocent and bring the guilty to justice and repentance.
Sibuyan Island Sentinels League for Environment (ISLE)
http://www.sibuyan.com/
The Sibuyan Island Sentinels League for Environment, Inc. (Sibuyan ISLE) is a Philippine multi-sectoral people’s non-profit organization duly registered at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Its beginnings could be traced back in the last quarter of the year 2005 during Sibuyanons’ pressing struggle against environmental destruction and exploitation.
Tanggol Kalikasan (Defense of Nature)
Tanggol Kalikasan (Defense of Nature)has operated as an environmental law office for 17 years. Tanggol works with national and international partners and networks and has its main office in Quezon City. It also maintains fully-staffed area offices in Alaminos City (Tanggol sa Hilagang Luzon), Lucena City (Tanggol sa Timog Katagalugan) and Legaspi City (Tanggol sa Kabikulan)
The organization envisions an empowered society that relates with its environment in a just and sustainable manner for the equitable benefit of all Filipinos.
Its mission is to facilitate the empowerment of communities and institutions to manage their ecosystem through law and other creative mechanisms.
Tebtebba (Indigenous Peoples' International Centre for Policy Research and Education)
Tebtebba (Indigenous Peoples' International Centre for Policy Research and Education) is an indigenous peoples' organization born out of the need for heightened advocacy to have the rights of indigenous peoples recognized, respected and protected worldwide.
Tebtebba, a word used by the indigenous Kankana-ey Igorots of Northern Philippines, refers to a process of collectively discussing issues and presenting diverse views with the aim of reaching agreements, common positions, and concerted actions.
MINING ACTIVIST SITES
These sites are administered by organisations whose priority is to examine, criticise, and radically change the mining industry (Thanks to http://www.minesandcommunities.org/links)
Third World Network - Africa
Agua vale mas que oro
The website was created by the Pastoral "Salvaguarda de la Creación" of the community of Alto del Carmen in the Huasco valley in order to provide content and information about Barrick Gold's Pascua Lama gold mining project in the 3rd region of Chile.
Bergama Gunlugu
The English page of this site which focusses on the movement against gold mining using cyanide leaching in Bergama, Turkey. The homepage of the site
CENSAT Agua Viva (Friends of the Earth Colombia)
CENSAT is a long-standing analyst of mining's impacts in Colombia and doughty opponent of damaging projects. (Spanish language only)
Citizens Coal Council
Disappointingly thin site, though it has interesting documentation on toxic impacts of coal mining
Clark Fork Coalition
Useful material on the biggest base metals disaster site in the US and on work of the "superfund" - the legislation introduced to effect responsible clean up
Cordillera Peoples Alliance
The Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA) is committed to the promotion and defense of indigenous peoples’ rights, human rights, social justice, and national freedom and democracy working with grassroots-based organizations among indigenous communities in the Cordillera Region, Philippines. The site contains useful campaign materials and resources.
Cyanide in Mining
Extremely impressive, well-documented site: an obvious first stop for basic data on the adverse impacts of cyanide in gold mining
EarthWINS
Provides free web services including website design and maintenance to all manner of groups working to stop Rio Algom's proposed Crandon/Wolf River mine in Wisconsin USA.
Earthworks
The site of the renamed Mineral Policy Center site is crisp, easy to navigate and contains lot of valuable documentation, both on mining in the USA and overseas. Good general information on mining impacts, and books, briefing papers and reports can be downloaded for free, with a link to the No Dirty Gold
Environmental Mining Council of British Columbia (EMCBC)
Up to date news, especially on Canadian issues and the US Pacific northwest. Inter-active maps, including one on pollutant release sites in Canada, a long paper on acid mine drainage and primers on mining and the environment, mining in remote areas and mining finance. Updates are available by e-mail. E-mail: emcbc@miningwatch.org
Esquel Mine Opposition
The "Vecinos Autonconvocados de Esquel" community organization, which is struggling against Meridian Gold's Esquel project in Argentina has launched this informative website. (Spanish language only)
Friends of the Earth International Mining Campaign
The campaign is being facilitated by FoE Ecuador, and co-ordinated by FoE Costa Rica. The website gives summaries of what different FoE national sections are doing as part of this international mining campaign. In 1999, the campaign adopted a firm anti-corporate stance, targetting Rio Tinto in particular. FoEI also has an informative links page on international financial institution
Great Basin Mine Watch
Pledged to protect the people and environment of Nevada's Great Basin region from destructive mining, Great Basin Mine Watch organises an accessible and appropriately -illustrated site It is both regularly updated and linked with native American websites based in the region.
Hellenic Mining Watch (Committee of Struggle against Gold Mining)
This group has struggled mainly against the activities of Canadian company TVX, a battle graphically documented on their site. When last checked site only in Greek (English link not working).
Inside the Diamond Industry
Jani Farrell Roberts has researched De Beers, Rio Tinto, Ashton and other diamond miners for more than twenty years, but no publisher has been prepared to publish her book of findings, for fear of being dragged into court by the world's biggest diamond exploiter, Anglo-De Beers. Now you can read much of the suppressed documentation on her own site.
JATAM
(Mining Advocacy Network)
Mineral Policy Institute (MPI)
A frequently updated Australian site with good general news and features. The Mining Monitor magazine can be downloaded for free. Reports can be downloaded for free (including a useful background paper on cyanide).
Mines, Minerals and People
An emerging alliance of over 150 mining affected communities, struggle groups and resource centres across India working on fact finding, campaign assistance and lobbying on mining issues, human rights and environmental destruction.
Mining Impacts Coalition
Based in Wisconsin, USA, this site says that MIC is "committed to research and education about the social, economic and environmental impacts of unsafe mining practices around the world".
Muqui Network / Red Muqui
Muqui are a network of national and local institutions who are working to promote sustainable development and to defend and expand the rights of communities affected by mining and metalurgic projects in Peru. This web site is dedicated to informing public opinion about the status of the cases of conflict between mines and communities in Peru, at the same time it is a network for the
Project Underground
Mining and oil industry news and information in English and Spanish. Has campaign information and action suggestions. Produces a twice-monthly publication, Drillbits and Tailings, available in English and Spanish via the website, but at the last time of checking the site was not being updated. E-mail: project_underground@moles.org
Save the Vaal Environment
..is a simple "banner" site portraying the wetlands of the Vaal River in South Africa and what it could be turned into if coal mining by SASOL were permitted
SEA-US Inc
An Australian site run by the Sustainable Energy and Anti-Uranium Service and dedicated to the struggle against the Australian uranium industry. Information includes the whole uranium cycle and all its impacts. Each Australian uranium mine is featured. There is an action page and links to other anti-uranium sites.
Thousand Tigers website
This site - formerly Bihar Minewatch - has useful news reports on coal mining in north east India, as well as the World Bank's involvement in dubious regional projects. It is maintained by a Canadian who spent time in the area.
Walhi
Friends of the Earth Indonesia has campaigned effectively against mining projects for many years. Its English website is currently under construction
Wisconsin Resources Protection Council
Well-organised with basic practical information on mining impacts and a good domestic links page
WISE Uranium Project
WISE (World Information Service on Energy)'s uranium project has published everything one could possibly wish to know about the destructive impacts of uranium at every stage of the cycle, all listed on the homepage in the simplest manner possible. E-mail: uranium@t-online.de
World Uranium Hearing
A four language site (Russian, French, English, Spanish) which operates "in the spirit of the World Uranium Hearing" - an historic event held in Austria in 1982
BLOGS
http://saverapurapu.blogspot.com/
Save the fragile small island of Rapu-Rapu in Albay Province, Bicol, Philippines. Rapu-Rapu plays hostaged host to Lafayette, an Australian mining firm. Betrayed by Philippine laws and many government officials, the island's residents can only brace themselves for more ecological disasters and their subsequent effects: health problems, loss of livelihood & uncertain future.
PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS
Mines and Communities.org Mines and Communities is a website about the social and environmental impacts of minining, particularly on land based peoples. It was started in 2001 by three British-based organisations: People against Rio Tinto and Subsidiaries (Partizans), Indigenous Peoples Links (PIPlinks), and the Society of St.Columban.
RESOURCES
Mines and Geosciences Bureau still the clearinghouse for a great deal of information. If they're planning on mining your backyard, you'll see it here first.
Chamber of Mines of the Philippines see above.
Philippine Mining Investment Portal covers the basics, but contains a great deal of dead links.
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