Mining-related impacts have led to widespread organized opposition at both the local and international levels. As a result, several organizations and networks are currently carrying out campaigns and therefore constitute the obvious reference for people concerned over this issue. What follows is a list of some of the most relevant:

- Oxfam Community Aid Abroad, The Mining Campaign, http://www.caa.org.au/campaigns/mining/index.html

- Tebtebba, http://www.tebtebba.org/tebtebba_files/susdev/mining/mining.html

- Project Underground Mining Campaign, http://www.moles.org/ProjectUnderground/mining/index.shtml

- Probe International Mining Campaign, http://www.probeinternational.org/pi/mining/index.cfm

- Friends of the Earth Mining Campaign, http://www.foei.org/mining/

- Mineral Policy Center's International Campaign, http://www.mineralpolicy.org/intl/

 

DECLARATIONS AND OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION

Mining has also resulted in important declarations by different organized sectors of society which for obvious reasons of space cannot be reproduced in this bulletin. However, those interested in accessing them --as well as other relevant information-- can do so at the following web address: http://www.wrm.org.uy/deforestation/mining.html