The co-coordinator of the Plurinational Observatory of Andean Salt Flats (OPSAL) in Chile, Ramón Balcázar, presented the report “Canadian lithium investments in Chile: extractivism and conflict” at a forum held at the Université du Québec in Montreal, Canada.
Este martes 28 de febrero, Lesley Muñoz, representante de la comunidad Colla de Copiapó expuso ante el Parlamento Europeo, en Bruselas, en el evento “Putting Rights First in the Green Transition due diligence, environmental justice and the right to say no» («Poniendo primero los derechos en la transición verde, la debida diligencia, la justicia ambiental y el derecho a decir no»).
Este martes 28 de febrero, la representante de la Comunidad Colla de la comuna de Copiapó e integrante del Observatorio Plurinacional de Salares Andinos (OPSAL), Lesley Muñoz, expondrá sobre los derechos de los pueblos indígenas ante la agenda de transición energética ante el Parlamento Europeo en el evento “Rights First in the green transition, due diligence, environmental justice and the right to say no”.
Este jueves 23 de febrero se realizó la presentación del Informe “Explotación de litio en México: ¿Interés público o extractivismo transnacional?”, elaborado por la Red Mexicana de Afectadas/os por la Minería (REMA) y MiningWatch Canadá. En la instancia participó el investigador del Centro de Documentación e Información Bolivia (Cedib), Jorge Companini.
On Monday, February 6, OPSAL’s coordinator in Chile, Ramón Balcázar, will participate in the launch of the report “Achieving Zero Emissions with More Mobility and Less Mining” prepared by Climate + Community Project.
Faced with the increase in non-metallic mineral extraction projects for the electromobility industry, as is the case of lithium in Chile, representatives of Indigenous communities expressed their concern about the lack of state control and the greenwashing of mega-mining, in various panels at the COP 27 – UN Climate Change Conference.
Lesley Muñoz Rivera (26), member of the Colla Indigenous Community of Copiapó in Chile and of the Plurinational Observatory of Andean Salt Flats (OPSAL in spanish) will participate in a new version of the Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP27)
Más de 230 organizaciones hacen un llamado a las y los líderes de la COP para que con suma urgencia garanticen que los minerales de transición no socaven una transición energética justa y equitativa.
The third version of the Global Extraction Film Festival (GEFF), a film festival that aims to show the destructive impacts of extractive industries worldwide, will be held between 26-30 october. This year’s program includes more than 250 documentaries and short films from 50 countries. Among them, “Andean Salt flats: Water is worth more than lithium”, a documentary by the Plurinational Observatory of Andean Salt Flats (OPSAL in Spanish) that shows the impacts of non-metallic mining in the salt flats of Chile, Argentina and Bolivia.
The organizations, indigenous community leaders and researchers participating in the II Plurinational Meeting for the Andean Salt Flats and Wetlands held on September 23 and 24 at the offices of the Heinrich Böll Foundation Cono Sur, are concerned about the organization of the sixth version of the Lithium Forum on Wednesday, September 28 in Santiago, Chile.