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El Foro del Agua, a water coalition of more than 100 organisations and community groups, is calling for a national ban on metal mining, a constitutional amendment recognising the human right to ...
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Internet sources and the growing role of NGOs in the African mining sector have facilitated local communities' access to information regarding mineral resource development and sustainability ...
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The Environmental Defender Law Centre is an NGO focusing on human and environmental rights protection in developing countries. As they claim, harmed environment means harmed communities which depend on such natural resources. Usually, people don't have the opportunity to participate in the decision-making process or other ways to advocate …
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The standard for responsible mining is a tool that unions and communities can use to protect workers and human rights, environmental sustainability and the social …
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Anti-mining protests by Adivasis, India's indigenous communities, have in recent years drawn considerable attention.In many places across India's mining tracts, Adivasis have been battling to ...
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Sierra Leone: NGO Namati says community helps shape new mining laws, serve as a global model on consent and tackling climate crisis Date: 9 Aug 2022 Content Type: Article. Sierra Leone's Parliament has passed two groundbreaking bills that transform communities' ability to protect their land rights and the environment.
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Abstract. For decades South Africa's mining sector has been profiteering while neglecting mining communities' development needs. Most of these communities now have social problems. Recently, forces outside the sector – globalisation, the government, the communities themselves – have pressured the mining organisations …
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In November last year, the Pretoria High Court ruled that the Department of Mineral Resources must obtain consent from the Xolobeni community before giving mining rights to an Australian company seeking to operate in that area. At the time, Mineral Resources minister Gwede Mantashe was quoted as saying that parts of the decision …
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Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 30 November 2023 – A Dutch court has largely rejected a request by a deep seabed mining company to issue an injunction against protest by Greenpeace International, stating that it is "understandable" the organisation has resorted to direct action in the face of the "possibly very serious consequences" of the …
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The organization works for awareness of human Rights with the help of awareness program, campaign, and seminar etc. National Human Rights organization is a group of people with a common goal of helping others. The Objective for which NHRO is established are: Ensuring basic human rights. In the field of Human Rights.
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In Western Kenya, continuous use of land for mining, sand and fuelwood harvesting is undermining rehabilitation and conservation efforts especially where low-tech, labor …
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The Environmental Defender Law Centre is an NGO focusing on human and environmental rights protection in developing countries. As they claim, harmed environment means …
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'NGOs, communities task govt on mining industry' 27 August 2019. Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and Nigerian communities have tasked government on the "exploitation" and environmental degradation experienced in communities across the country, as a result of activities in the mining industry in Nigeria.
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The audience included representatives from the World Bank, USAID, the Peace Corps, the Smithsonian Institution, environmental NGOs, diplomats from other embassies, human rights lawyers, and ...
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The ISA is the UN body tasked with protecting and managing the deep seabed in international waters, designated as 'common heritage of mankind'. In their joint statement, the environmental NGOs question the need for deep-sea mining, pointing to the world's commitment to sustainable consumption and production. 'We need to learn to …
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While the at NGOs framed their advocacy action in terms of protecting communities' livelihood, their message later focused on sharing mining proceeds with communities. The NGOs specifically supported compulsory establishment of CDA as a …
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The NGO Mining Working Group (MWG) is an NGO coalition that, in partnership with our members and affected local communities, advocates at and through the United Nations …
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Introduction Across the globe the mining industry has experienced massive growth since the beginning of the 20th century. While large-scale mines cause much social and environmental harm, it is believed that small-scale and artisanal mines pose an even greater threat. Small-scale mining is a largely illegal and unregulated operation that …
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While teaching those rights, HURISA also fights for those in need by providing the victimized of South Africa with a voice. These 10 NGOs in South Africa working to make a difference have changed …
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NGOs and contribution to poverty reduction in Zimbabwe. It has been established prior by other studies that NGOs in Zimbabwe play a crucial role in poverty reduction through implementing projects in the realm of health, education, livelihoods, empowerment, and welfare (Chitongo 2013; Chitongo and Kufakunesu 2013; Mhaka …
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Our mission. Protect The West Coast is dedicated to informing and empowering civil society to stand against unjust mining activity on the West Coast. We believe in wielding the power of legal action to hold companies and the government accountable. We inspire a deep connection to the region's biodiversity and cultural heritage.
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With a potential increase in domestic critical mineral mining on the horizon, NGO interest in and engagement on social, environmental, and human rights issues in the U.S. mining …
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Western civil society has become one of the key factors in evaluating modern democracies, and Africa is not an exception in regarding the presence of thriving …
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Western civil society has become one of the key factors in evaluating modern democracies, and Africa is not an exception in regarding the presence of thriving NGOs as a sign of a flourishing civil society. The region adopted the universally acknowledged human rights discourses to push for social change.
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Others are government organisations, and a few others are United Nations (UN) agencies that provide disaster relief as part of their mandate. Top NGOs In The Philippines. 1. Foundation for The Philippine Environment. 2. Philippine Council for NGO Certification. 3. Health Action Information Network. 4.
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With a potential increase in domestic critical mineral mining on the horizon, NGO interest in and engagement on social, environmental, and human rights issues in the U.S. mining sector is growing. To better understand their concerns and priorities, ERM recently conducted research on what actions NGOs want to see in the U.S. critical minerals …
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Within the Council, we should collectively condemn reprisals, defend the right to cooperate freely with the United Nations and protect those targeted. It is encouraging that many States play an active and positive role in supporting NGOs and human rights defenders at the Human Rights Council and within the UN human rights …
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To avoid human rights impacts actually happening, the right measures need to be in place at the appropriate stage of a project before companies are even aware that they have any problems to solve ...
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Certain developments in the forest and mining sector have recently come to light that all Ghanaians – especially communities around the Forest Reserves – need to be aware of and the potential impacts on their lands and forests. In November 2022, a new Legal Instrument L.I. 2462 'Environmental Protection (Mining in Forest
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