Justice in Mining

The Churches and Mining Network, a continental entity of church institutions and faith communities, express its condemnation and deep concern for the criminalisation, persecution and imprisonment of water and nature defenders in El Salvador.

Ketakandriana (Ke) Rafitoson is the Executive Director of Transparency International in Madagascar and coordinates the Publish What You Pay coalition in the country. She speaks to Séverine Deneulin, Director of International Development at the Laudato Si’ Research Institute, about her work and what Jesuit networks and institutions can do to promote integral ecology in the context of mining and just energy transitions.

The report by the Alianza Consejo Político en Defensa de los Territorios (Political Council Alliance in Defence of Territories) states that illegal mining increased more than eight times in the Amazon between 2016 and 2022.

The continental network "Churches and Mining" met in Quito, Ecuador, in February 2023. More than 50 people from different regions of Latin America gathered to feel and think about the situation of mining in our territories.

The vast mineral resource endowment of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), at a glance, projects the country's potential to achieve shared prosperity and economic growth.

A deepening reprimarization of our economy marks the 21st century in producing agricultural raw materials and minerals.

The Environmental Committee of Tocoa, Colón, demands that the government clarify the murder of the two leaders of the fight in Defense of the Carlos Escaleras Mountain and the Guapinol River.

OTTAWA — As Canada and other countries transition to green energy technology in response to climate change, Fr Jacques Nzumbu SJ underscored that such a move must not be made at the expense of the environment, and the human rights of vulnerable people like those in his home country, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).