Workshop on Increasing Resistance and Forging Solidarity on Campaigns Against Large-scale Mining

1. WORKSHOP ON INCREASING RESISTANCE
AND FORGING SOLIDARITY ON CAMPAIGNS
AGAINST LARGE-SCALE MINING
INTERNATIONAL PEOPLES CONFERENCE ON MINING

3. Objectives
To share lessons and experiences in conducting successful
mining campaign
Come up with possible bilateral and multilateral action and
campaign
Networking among participants to get support for their
own campaign initiative

4. Sharing
Kicking out a Mining Giant in the PH: SOCKSARGENDS
AGENDA
Canada Open Justice: Mining Watch Canada/Development
and Peace
India Campaign against Mining TNCs: Mines, Minerals and
People
UK International Solidarity and Support: YLNM Network
International People’s Tribunal: War on Want

5. Highlights
strong resistance on the grassroots level
uphold life and human rights
all struggles are linked together
OUR LAND. OUR MINERALS. OUR RIGHTS.
Community control over natural resources

6. Issues and Actions
Research:
Policies on mining on different countries
China’s Mining Policy
Mining Liberalisation and its effects on health

7. Issues and Actions
Capacity-building:
for developing new campaigners and leaders
for mining-affected communities

8. Issues and Actions
Exposures to Mining-affected Communities
Quick Response initiative/mechanism/body to raise
awareness in real time

9. Issues and Actions
themes
mining and climate change
Alternative mining policies
Human rights violations
Collaborate with Unions on mining campaigns
International Arbitration (UN, WB, AIB, IMF)
mapping of existing initiatives, campaigns, networks or
organisations working on mining-related issues

10. Issues and Actions
Company-focused actions
Adani
Glencore
BHP
RIo Tinto
Revanta
Oceana Gold

11. Issues and Actions
Specific actions
Global Action on Mining, Overconsumption, etc

12. INTERNATIONAL
MECHANISM/
SECRETARIAT TO
CONNECT NETWORKS AND
START MAPPING EXISTING
INITIATIVES ON MINING-
RELATED CAMPAIGNS
OUR RECOMMENDATION