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  • Stop Canada’s Resource Wars

    Canadian mining companies, supported by the Canadian government, are engaged in a low intensity war against people fighting for environmental justice across the Americas.

    The destructive development model being doggedly promoted at home and abroad carries high costs for organizations, individuals, families and communities. Take action and join the conversation.

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    From north to south, mining-affected communities are fighting for their lands, water, livelihoods, ways of life and right to safety. They face criminalization, stigmatization and violence.

    Find out how you can amplify their voices and support their struggles for self-determination.

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    Despite at times overwhelming odds, Indigenous and community-led resistance has made measurable gains against colonial repression and the destruction of the extractive industry.

    Learn about key successes of social movements in defence of land and the environment.

Defend Land and Environment Defenders

Mining-affected communities in the Americas face intensifying repression and violence when they stand up for their water, lands, livelihoods and ways of life.

This site is an educational tool and resource centre that makes connections between Canadian mining interests and the growing trend of criminalization against dissent and social protest involving land and environment defenders. Learn more about Canadian complicity in violence against communities across the Americas, and find out how you can take action to support land defenders.

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Take Action: Current Calls for Support

Express your opposition as Guatemalen government moves to expel witnesses to police violence at US-Canadian mine site…

Express your opposition as Guatemalen government moves to expel witnesses to police violence at US-Canadian mine site…

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Urge immediate protection for Gustavo Castro, injured during the assassination of activist Berta Cáceres in Honduras…

Urge immediate protection for Gustavo Castro, injured during the assassination of activist Berta Cáceres in Honduras…

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Tell Aura Minerals to Respect the Living and the Dead in Copán, Honduras…

Tell Aura Minerals to Respect the Living and the Dead in Copán, Honduras…

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woudenaAnneke VanWoudenberg@woudena·
4 Feb 2019

If you are involved in #bizhumanrights, #corpaccountability or #CSR then read this. Its about one man’s struggle for justice in #Tanzania and the lengths a multinational mining company will go to deny it. https://t.co/8P6hsIgqJ8

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ceprdcCEPR@ceprdc·
6 Feb 2019

US policies, like sponsoring death squads in the 80s, and support for #Honduras’ 2009 coup, have helped destabilize Central America and led to worse economic outcomes, leading more people to flee north. #SOTU #StateOfOurUnion https://t.co/mBODk9KyXj

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ciel_tweetsCIEL@ciel_tweets·
6 Feb 2019

According to @EU_ECHA, 10,000 to 60,000 tons of #microplastics intentionally added to products leak into the environment yearly — presenting a problem at the same scale as #plasticpollution generated by 10 billion plastic bottles. #rethinkplastic https://t.co/RzTVQjN1LX

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