#illegalmining — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #illegalmining, aggregated by home.social.
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"According to Davi, the provision of weapons is part of a strategy by illegal miners for the Yanomami to kill each other.“I’ll provide the gun, you all kill each other until it’s over. And we, white men, will work where there are no Indians,where the Yanomami are no more because of weapons. This is the illegal mining game.”
#FuckBillionares #Yanomami #IllegalMining #LandGrab #Ecocide #Ethnocide
Soul invasion: money, drugs and Elon Musk's dishes threaten Yanomami survival
https://sumauma.com/en/a-compra-das-almas-dinheiro-e-antenas-de-elon-musk-ameacam-a-sobrevivencia-dos-yanomami/ -
Illegal gold mining is a threat to the Amazon, wildlife and to Indigenous Peoples who call the forest home.
Take action to stop the destruction: https://www.greenpeace.org/international/act/respect-amazon
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#MontanaTribe Opposes ‘Slap on the Wrist’ Fine for #IllegalMining That Polluted #WaterSource
by Elyse Wild May 26, 2026
"The #FortBelknap Indian Community is opposing a settlement between the state’s Department of Environmental Quality and mining companies that illegally mined on the tribes’ ancestral homeland, harming crucial water sources for the reservation.
"From 2020 to 2022, #BlueArcLLC and #LegacyMiningLLC conducted mining activities at the #ZortmanMine in the #LittleRockyMountains without permits, licenses, or performance bonds, resulting in damage to ongoing environmental reclamation efforts.
"The #ZortmanLanduskyMine opened in 1979 and was operated by #PegasusGoldCorp. until it filed for bankruptcy in 1998. Two decades of mining activities caused widespread surface and #GroundwaterContamination, and in 1999, the DEQ and Bureau of Land Management took over the site. In 2001, Luke Ployhar, owner of Blue Arc LLC, bought the land out of the bankruptcy under the condition that the #DEQ had ongoing access to conduct #reclamation activities.
"The two agencies spent approximately $85 million cleaning up the area, according to the consent order. The site needs #WaterTreatment in perpetuity, meaning the additional cost to #taxpayers could exceed hundreds of millions of dollars.
"The illegal mining activities damaged the continuous #environmental cleanup and caused contaminated water to flow downstream to the #FortBelknapIndianCommunity, polluting its water.
In 2022, the state proposed a $516,567 penalty for Blue Arc LLC and Legacy Mining LLC. On Friday, May 22, the DEQ reached a settlement with the companies for $200,000, to be paid over five years. The agreement does not require an admission of wrongdoing."
#USPol #CorporateColonialism #NativeAmericanNews #NativeAmericans #WaterIsLife #SlapOnTheWrist #Montana #MontanaDEQ #DEQFail
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How Bolivia’s cacao farmers took on the gold-mining industry – and won https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/apr/22/mining-agriculture-cacao-farmers-resisting-bolivia-gold-rush #Bolivia #Indigenous #CacaoFarming #mining #IllegalMining #colonialism
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@PhoenixSerenity
Brazilian governments in all levels are also hard of hearing regarding Indigenous and Environmental rights a.o. We have to keep screaming. It can work:#IndigenousRights #IndigenousKnowledge #Ecocide #Futuricide #IndigenousWomen #Xingu #Tapajós #Amazonia #Mining #IllegalMining #MercuryPoisoning
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🚨 BREAKING | SONA: Ramaphosa says the SANDF will be deployed to support police against gang violence and illegal mining in the Western Cape and Gauteng. Do you think military support will make communities safer?
#SONA2026 #SANDF #GangViolence #IllegalMining #SouthAfrica
https://newz.africa/2026/02/12/ramaphosa-sandf-deployment-gang-violence/?fsp_sid=1163 -
Indonesia says it has reclaimed 4+ million hectares used for plantations and mining inside protected forest areas, after a year-old task force cracked down on illegality.
Seizures exceeded targets by 400%, raising questions about how much oil palm is illegal. $136M in fines were collected — but the fate of the land, and the money, remains unclear.
by Hans Nicholas Jong
https://news.mongabay.com/2026/01/indonesia-says-4-million-hectares-of-plantation-mining-lands-reclaimed-in-crackdown/#news #deforestation #forests #illegallogging #illegalmining #landconflict #palmoil
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‘We’re true guardians of the forest’: quilombola community near Belém demand land rights and recognition https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/01/quilombola-community-near-belem-brazil-demand-land-rights-political-recognition-cop30 #Belem #Brazil #Indigenous #LandProtectors #UNDRIP #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuelPhaseOut #IllegalDeforestation #IllegalAgriculture #IllegalMining
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One small Indigenous territory is currently the site of roughly 70% of deforestation in Indigenous territories across the Brazilian Amazon due to illegal mining over the last two years, according to government data.
From January 2024 to August 2025, illegal gold mining razed more than 3,000 hectares of forest within the Sararé Indigenous Territory — more than 4% of its total area of 67,000 hectares.
by Shanna Hanbury
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Lula’s balancing act: Cop30 Amazon summit juggles climate and social priorities https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/08/brazil-amazon-summit-juggles-climate-and-social-priorities #Brazil #COP30 #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #AmazonRainforest #Indigenous #IndigenousLandDefenders #IllegalFarming #deforestation #IllegalMining
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Brazil and Peru are failing uncontacted people – and the Amazon’s future is at stake | Julio Cusurichi Palacios and Beto Marubo https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/oct/27/brazil-and-peru-are-failing-uncontacted-people-and-the-amazon-future-is-at-stake #Brazil #Peru #Indigenous #AmazonRainforest #UNDRIP #colonialism #disease #LeaveThemAlone #ClimateChange #deforestation #IllegalMining
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Dedi Supriadi swings his hoe into the soil at his aubergine and cucumber farm – land where he once dug for gold in the hamlet of #CitorekKidul in #Indonesia.
The mountainous region is scarred by illegal #GoldMining , where workers carve deep into hillsides and caves and risk their lives in the process.
Tempted by the traces of #gold left behind by a former state-run mine, Aneka Tambang #ANTAM , villagers have turned to small-scale #IllegalMining , driving #deforestation and using #toxic chemicals like #mercury and #cyanide that #pollute water and kill #wildlife.
Critics and $environmentalists have called for stricter measures to stop the practice and encourage a return to traditional and less destructive ways of life like #farming.
A police crackdown and signs of change, such as several #miners recently switching to farming, have raised hopes of a possible turning point in the effort.
https://www.eco-business.com/news/from-indonesias-poisoned-gold-tunnels-miners-look-to-farming
#AsianMastodon #TootSEA #SouthEastAsia #EcoNews #ecological #environmental
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💰🌍 Uncovering the hidden path of illegal gold from the Amazon to global markets! This Pulitzer Center-supported investigation reveals how "responsibly sourced" gold often hides a dark reality of smuggling, tax evasion, and opaque supply chains. Crucial read for anyone tracking #GoldSupplyChain #IllegalMining #InvestigativeJournalism 🔍✨ https://gijn.org/stories/investigating-illegal-gold-mining-legitimate-supply-chain/
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A deadly mission: how Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira tried to warn the world about the Amazon’s destruction https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/20/long-read-deadly-mission-amazon-rainforest-dom-phillips-bruno-pereira #Brazil #AmazonRainforest #DomPhillips #BrunoPereira #LandProtectors #IllegalMining #deforestation #Indigenous
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‘We carry on with the sadness’: new projects honor life and legacy of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/27/dom-phillips-bruno-pereira-amazon-book-podcast #Brazil #AmazonRainforest #DomPhillips #BrunoPereira #LandProtectors #IllegalMining #deforestation #Indigenous
