http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/old/taxonomy/term/9881/0 en http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/story/reclaiming-lands-restoring-rights/18825 <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/gua_1010_qui_consulta_14_0.jpg" alt="" title="Community consultation on the exploitation of natural resources in Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala, 2010. (Photo by James A. Rodríguez / MiMundo.org)" width="450" height="301" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/hon_0708_siria_valley_21_0.jpg" alt="" title="Goldcorp&#039;s San Martin Gold Mine in the Siria Valley, Honduras, 2007. (Photo by James A. Rodríguez / MiMundo.org)" width="450" height="301" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>Mining operations often have detrimental impacts on the health of the physical and human environments where they operate, yet the minerals produced are necessary for much of society to function and metal mining is not likely to disappear any time soon.</p> <p><a href="http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/story/reclaiming-lands-restoring-rights/18825" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/story/reclaiming-lands-restoring-rights/18825#comments Emily Lewis Environment Health Indigenous Solidarity Sat, 07 Sep 2013 22:23:46 +0000 evlewis 18825 at http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca