Thousands rally in Romania against gold mine
Thousands of Romanians across the country rallied to protest against the government’s support for a plan to open Europe’s biggest open-cast gold mine! Thousands of Romanians across the country rallied late on September 1st to protest against the leftist government’s support for a plan to open Europe’s biggest open-cast gold mine in the small Carpathian town of Rosia Montana. The project, which aims to use...
Scholar solidarity with NO-Tav movement in Italy in reaction to military repression
In reaction to the repressive measures adopted by Italian military and police forces in the end of July, Silvia Federici has asked for this statement to be circulated and sign as either individuals or as organizations. It will be a solidarity message to the No Tav movement in the North-West of Italy but also to all groups mobilizing in the country against the rationale behind such project. The Ejolt project supports these claims,...
Uncontacted Waorani in the Yasuní Biosphere Reserve: Geographical Validation of the Zona Intangible Tagaeri Taromenane (ZITT)
A group of GIS experts adopting geographical approaches for mapping the Zona Intangible Tagaeri Taromenane (ZITT) in the Yasuní Biosphere try to explain how necessary is to recognize the indigenous right to their liveable territories. The Tagaeri Taromenane are two indigenous groups living in “Voluntary Isolation” in the Napo Moist terrestrial ecoregion, located in the western Amazon rainforest. This ecoregion is one of the most...
Repsol can drill for oil in a protected area of the Amazon rainforest of Peru
A region inhabited by indigenous people extremely vulnerable to any contact with outsiders is now under extreme threat. Repsol has been given the go-ahead by Peru’s ministry of energy and mines (MEM) to explore for oil in one “protected” and one proposed reserve in the north of the country in the remote Amazon rainforest bordering Ecuador. According to an environmental impact assessment ([EIA) of the company’s...
Turkey’s Tree Revolution – part 2: Everyday I’m chapulling*
From the EJOLT Project team, the second part of the Turkey’s “tree revolution”. How the Gezi Park case is linked to other environmental conflicts in Turkey? I’m Chapulling!* *(Turkish word now meaning “fighting for your rights”) The lack of consultation, the aggressive police intervention and the conversion of public space into private space explain why the occupation of Gezi park is not just meant to save...
Fracking: activists occupy Chevron in Poland
Peasants from local communities are occupying a piece of land to prevent the installation of Chevron for the exploration and exploitation of shale gas in the region of Zurawlow, Poland. The Polish shale-gas reserves used to be the most promising in the EU. But exploration results have so far disappointed Polish ambitions to free itself from its energy dependence on Russia. Recent weeks have seen companies such as Canadian Talisman and...
