Encouraging state engagement with #EscazúAgreement means we must seriously consider introducing comparable treaties in other #ResourceRich regions with #ColonialHistory of #unequal exchange, mass #environmental degradation & violent #repression against those advocating for #HumanRights & #ProtectionOfNature. These include large parts of #Africa & #PacificIsland nations - heart of the rush for #TransitionMinerals needed for #RenewableEnergy - #cobalt & #lithium.

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/ecocide-must-be-international-crime-latin-america-cop3-escazu-agreement-environmental-rights-defenders/

I will always post news & science articles about #Canada & its role in #geopolitical #EnvironmentalRacism & how #Canadian #ecocide #corporations often go to #ResourceRich & #PeoplePoor countries to #exploit #LandAndWater for #CorporateGreed - resulting in many #underreported cases of mass #EnvironmentalViolations & #HumanRightAbuses 🌍 The companies seek corrupt governments to bribe too.

They're rarely held #accountable for their many #CrimesAgainstHumanity 😔

Residents & #HumanRights groups say that #mining boom #threatens #farmers #LandRights & #harms #environment in areas such as #Wawonii in #ResourceRich #Sulawesi region, which is home to black #macaques , #maleo #birds & #tarsier #primates .

Facing prospect of losing their land & livelihood, about a dozen Wawonii #villagers take turns #KeepingWatch from a hut surrounded by clove trees, waiting for #trespassers as machinery roars below.
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2023/03/19/2003796328

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