Yes To Life No To Mining

URGENT ALERT - PALAWAN 🚨 Pala’wan communities continue to resist nickel mining on their ancestral lands. The footage shared here was recorded by the community itself, documenting the threats they face and their determination to defend their territory. 🧵👇

As we continue to stand alongside the people of Palawan, Yes to Life, No to Mining calls for Calmia’s immediate withdrawal from privately owned Indigenous lands and for the authorities to revoke its mining permit.

📣 Help amplify the community’s call. Sign the Rainforest Rescue petition in support of Indigenous resistance to nickel mining in Palawan

The company’s advance is already destroying decades-old coconut groves and fruit orchards that sustain local livelihoods, with primary forest threatened next. Calmia is also operating without a Mayor’s Permit and NCIP consultation processes directly violated indigenous customary laws.

🌱 Behind the barricade are families defending their food, water, forests, their history and inheritance and the right to determine their own future.

At dawn on October 1, heavily armed guards from Calmia Nickel Inc. entered privately owned coconut farmland in Linao, Brooke’s Point, fencing it with barbed wire to force their way towards the uplands.

Indigenous landowners immediately built a barricade to stop mining equipment from advancing. Within hours, dozens of Pala’wan families joined them in solidarity.

🇨🇴✊️In Jericó, Colombia, defending water means protecting the land where food is grown, community-run water systems and the possibility of continuing to live on that land. This is the struggle farming communities are sustaining against AngloGold Ashanti’s Quebradona mining project. 🧵👇

The farmers’ legal defence team denounces the criminalisation of protest; ISDS adds another layer of pressure on decisions affecting the territory.

Following the worldwide days of action against ISDS, YLNM reaffirms our solidarity with the Jericó 11 and the communities defending their right to say NO to mining and YES to life. The Jericó 11 are not alone. Defending water is not a crime 💧🌱 #Los11DeJerico #StopISDS #YesToLifeNoToMining

In August, an extension allowing Quebradona to continue exploration until December 2027 was announced under the new government, although the decision had been signed before it took office. This authorisation is not a licence to begin mining.

⚖️ The contrast exposes the inequality at the heart of this conflict: those defending their territory must answer to the criminal justice system, while the company has access to international mechanisms to bring claims against the state over decisions it considers harmful to its investments.

The Jericó 11 continue to face criminal charges over acts of resistance in 2022 and 2023. Their hearing scheduled for August, was postponed until March 2027. They continue to fight for their freedom, while the proceedings and the uncertainty facing their families drag on 💥

Meanwhile, AngloGold Ashanti has brought an international claim against Colombia through the ISDS system.

🇨🇴✊️ En Jericó, Colombia, defender el agua es defender las tierras donde se cultivan alimentos, los acueductos comunitarios y la posibilidad de seguir viviendo en el territorio. Esa es la lucha que sostienen las comunidades campesinas frente al proyecto minero Quebradona, de AngloGold Ashanti. 🧵👇

En estas jornadas mundiales de acción contra el ISDS, desde YLNM reafirmamos nuestra solidaridad con los 11 de Jericó y con las comunidades que defienden su derecho a decir NO a la minería y SÍ a la vida.

📣 Difunde su causa y sigue a @imaginajerico para conocer las novedades y las formas de acompañar. El aplazamiento de una audiencia no puede convertirse en olvido. Los 11 de Jericó no están solos. Defender el agua no es un delito 💧🌱

⚖️ El contraste muestra la desigualdad que atraviesa este conflicto: quienes defienden el territorio deben responder ante la justicia penal, mientras la empresa dispone de mecanismos internacionales para reclamar al Estado por decisiones que considera perjudiciales para sus inversiones.

La defensa de los campesinos denuncia la criminalización de la protesta; el ISDS agrega otro frente de presión sobre las decisiones que afectan al territorio.

Los 11 de Jericó siguen judicializados por acciones de resistencia realizadas en 2022 y 2023. Su audiencia de formulación de acusación, prevista para agosto, fue aplazada hasta marzo de 2027. Continúan defendiendo su libertad, pero el proceso y la incertidumbre para sus familias continua 💥

Mientras tanto, AngloGold Ashanti inició una demanda internacional contra Colombia mediante el sistema ISDS, y bajo el mando del nuevo gobierno Quebradona obtuvo una prórroga para continuar explorando hasta diciembre de 2027. Esa autorización no equivale a una licencia para explotar la mina.

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Protecting water, defending territories and taking climate action should never come with a bill from a corporation. 🧵👇

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¿Quién decide qué pasa en un territorio y quién paga cuando una empresa minera se niega a aceptar esa decisión? 📣 En toda América Latina, las comunidades llevan años organizándose para proteger el agua, defender sus medios de vida y hacer respetar la autodeterminación de los pueblos indígenas. 🧵👇

Para YLNM, el derecho a decir NO a la minería y SÍ a la vida implica que los pueblos puedan decidir el futuro de sus territorios. Ejercer ese derecho nunca debería obligarlos a pagarle a una empresa minera.

🤝 Del 15 al 17 de octubre nos sumamos a las jornadas mundiales de acción para poner fin al ISDS y nos solidarizamos con las comunidades que resisten la presión empresarial. #StopISDS #DerechoADecirNo #SíALaVidaNoALaMinería

Las consecuencias van más allá de indemnizar a las empresas por las ganancias que esperaban obtener. Se destinan recursos públicos a defenderse de las demandas, mientras la amenaza de un arbitraje puede desalentar la acción de los gobiernos.

Las comunidades deben seguir defendiendo, en un nuevo frente, las conquistas que tanto les costó conseguir 💥

Una nueva guía publicada por Common Frontiers, investigada y escrita por Jen Moore, del Institute for Policy Studies, analiza cómo los inversores canadienses utilizan este sistema para presionar a los gobiernos y cuestionar medidas que protegen a las personas y al ambiente.

De las 45 demandas de inversores canadienses contra países latinoamericanos documentadas en la guía, 29 corresponden al sector minero.

Las medidas conquistadas a través de esas luchas pueden convertirse en blanco del mecanismo de solución de controversias entre inversores y Estados (ISDS): un sistema que permite a los inversores extranjeros demandar a los Estados por decisiones que, según alegan, perjudican sus inversiones.

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Who gets to decide what happens to a territory, and who pays when a mining company refuses to accept that decision? 📣 🧵👇

Who gets to decide what happens to a territory, and who pays when a mining company refuses to accept that decision? 📣 🧵👇

For YLNM, the right to say NO to mining and YES to life means that peoples must be able to determine the future of their territories. Exercising that right should never come with a bill from a mining company.

🤝 From 15–17 October, we join the worldwide days of action to end ISDS and stand in solidarity with communities resisting corporate pressure. #StopISDS #RightToSayNo #YesToLifeNoToMining

Who gets to decide what happens to a territory, and who pays when a mining company refuses to accept that decision? 📣 🧵👇

Mining accounts for 29 of the 45 Canadian investor claims against Latin American countries documented in the guide.

The consequences extend beyond compensating corporations for future lost profits. Public resources go into defending claims, while the threat of arbitration can discourage governments from taking action. Communities must keep defending hard-won protections on yet another front 💥

Who gets to decide what happens to a territory, and who pays when a mining company refuses to accept that decision? 📣 🧵👇

Measures secured through those struggles can become the target of investor–state dispute settlement (ISDS): a system that allows foreign investors to sue governments over decisions they claim harm their investments.

A new primer published by Common Frontiers, researched and written by Jen Moore of the Institute for Policy Studies, examines how Canadian investors use this system to exert pressure on governments and challenge protections for people and the environment.

Who gets to decide what happens to a territory, and who pays when a mining company refuses to accept that decision? 📣 🧵👇

🌎 Across Latin America, communities have spent years organising to protect water, defend their livelihoods and uphold Indigenous self-determination.

Protecting water, defending territories and taking climate action should never come with a bill from a corporation. 🧵👇

Today, YLNM joins the worldwide days of action to end ISDS. From 15–17 October, we stand with movements around the world demanding an end to this system and respect for peoples’ right to determine their own futures.

End ISDS. Defend the right to say NO to mining and YES to life. Find out more and get involved: stopisds.global #StopISDS #RightToSayNo #YesToLifeNoToMining

Protecting water, defending territories and taking climate action should never come with a bill from a corporation. 🧵👇

Yet investor–state dispute settlement (ISDS) allows foreign investors to sue governments over decisions they claim harm their investments: including measures to stop destructive mining projects. Through international arbitration, companies can demand billions in public money.

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Behind these cases are communities who have organised for years to defend their land, water and livelihoods. Their hard-won victories should not be undermined by corporate demands for compensation.

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