Publications on "Extractive industries"
- Concluding document "Extractive Industries (Mining and Hydrocarbons),
the issue of non-renewable natural resources in Latin America
and the Mission of the Church" (pdf, 110 KB)
International Conference of CELAM and MISEREOR,
Lima, July 14-16, 2011
This document is available in Spanish (pdf, 125 KB), French (pdf, 130 KB) and German (pdf, 140 KB)
- Film "Brazil’s "radiant" future – uranium mining in Caetité"
Caetité, Brazil, hosts the uranium mine of Brazilian company INB. It is here that the fuel for Brazil’s nuclear programme is extracted. Two nuclear power plants are already feeding into the grid, and a third is under construction with German assistance. Further nuclear plants are planned for the near future. Yet the mining operations have severe impacts on the people living around the mine, and INB fails to inform them about the hazards. Father Osvaldino Barboso is working for change – for more awareness and transparency, for clean water, and for the protection of human health.
A film on Father Osvaldino’s work, produced with support from MISEREOR.
View film in Portuguese
View film in German
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"Riches go – poverty stays"
- a documentation
In the north of Peru, Latin America’s largest gold mine is churning the earth. While many of those around the mine continue to live in poverty, the foreign corporation is extracting huge riches. In its quest for the precious metal, the mining company wreaks havoc on the environment. Its excavators erase entire mountains, fill lakes and level valleys. The use of highly toxic cyanide further jeopardises ecosystem integrity and human health.
The film reveals the problematic side of gold mining in Cajamarca, and accompanies Father Marco Arana of MISEREOR’s partner organisation GRUFIDES during his work.