Mines and Communities

The Mines and Communities "website exposes the social, economic, and environmental impacts of mining, particularly as they affect Indigenous and land-based peoples. Global in scope, the site was set up in 2001 by organisations and individuals from seven different countries who met in London to demand far greater accountability and transparency on the part of the minerals' industry.

"All content of the site is monitored by an Editorial Board, currently comprising just over thirty women and men from fourteen countries, pledged to work on behalf of numerous mining-affected communities around the world. Members of the editorial board work, inter alia, with the following organisations:


 * Mineral Policy Institute (MPI) http://www.mpi.org.au (Australia)
 * MiningWatch Canada http://www.miningwatch.ca/ (Canada)
 * Latin America Observatory of Environmental Conflicts- OLCA (Chile)
 * Yanama (Colombia)
 * Down to Earth http://www.gn.apc.org/dte (England)
 * Partizans /Aboutus/partizans.htm (England)
 * Indigenous Peoples Links http://www.piplinks.org (England)
 * Society of St. Columban http://www.columbans.co.uk/ (England)
 * Third World Network Africa http://twnafrica.org(Ghana)
 * Mines, Minerals and People http://www.mmpindia.org (India)
 * JATAM (Mining Advocacy Network) http://www.jatam.org (Indonesia)
 * Cooperaccion http://www.cooperaccion.org.pe/ (Peru)
 * Cordillera Peoples Alliance http://www.cpaphils.org (Philippines)
 * DCMI http://www.dcmiphil.org/ (Philippines)
 * LRC-KSK/FoE-Phils http://www.lrcksk.org/ (Philippines)
 * Tebtebba Foundation http://www.tebtebba.org/ (Philippines)
 * Kalikasan-PNE (Philippines)
 * Network Movement for Justice and Development http://www.nmjd.org (Sierra Leone)
 * The Halifax Initiative (Canada)
 * Environmental Council of New Brunswick (Canada)
 * BIRSA (India)

Editors

 * Roger Moody - Managing Editor

Funders
"All content on the site is freely available to users. However, donations are welcome (see: "Donate",) and we could not survive without the support of several charitable organisations including:


 * The Sigrid Rausing Trust Contributions: £15,000 in December 2005, £45,000 in December 2006 (including financing a conference), £15,000 in December 2007 (Jan 2008), £60,000 in November 2008 (to cover some core expenses until 2011)
 * The Marmot Trust Contribution: £8,000 in November 2008
 * Columban Fathers Peace & Justice Committee Contributions: £1,750 in August 2001, £1,200 in April 2002, £1,200 in June 2003, £2,000 in August 2004, £3,000 in May 2005, £4,000 in September 2006, £4,000 in September 2007, £4,000 in June 2008
 * The Network for Social Change Contribution: £10,000 in May 2007
 * The Polden Puckham Charitable Trust (PPCT) Contributions: £5,000 in September 2000, £5,000 in December 2001, £2,000 in July 2003, £3,000 in December 2003, £6,000 in July 2006, £4,000 in 2007
 * The Ryklow Charitable Trust 1992 Contribution: £500 in May 2007
 * The Rowan Charitable Trust Contribution: £2,000 in March 2007
 * The Eleanor Rathbone Charitable Trust Contribution: £2,000 in May 2004, £500 in July 2006
 * The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (JRCT) Contribution: £15,000 in February 2004, £15,000 in February 2005
 * The Tinsley Foundation Contribution: £2,500 in November 2003

Contact

 * Web: http://www.minesandcommunities.org