The Real Avatar - The story of a Sacred Mountain

Mine - The Story of a Sacred Mountain

What will one tribe have to do to save everything they know?

Mine, narrated by Joanna Lumley, tells the story of the remote Dongria Kondh tribe's struggle to protect Niyamgiri, the mountain they worship as a God. London-based mining company Vedanta Resources plans a vast open-pit bauxite mine in India's Niyamgiri hills, and the Dongria Kondh know that means the destruction of their forests, their way of life, and their mountain God.

Music by Skin and Robot Club.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4tuTFZ3wXQ


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David v. Goliath: Indian tribe in ‘stunning’ victory over mining giant
24 August 2010

The Dongria Kondh and their supporters have won a momentous victory.

A tribe in India has won a stunning victory over one of the world’s biggest mining companies. In an extraordinary move, India’s Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh has blocked Vedanta Resources’ controversial plan to mine bauxite on the sacred hills of the Dongria Kondh tribe.


Mr Ramesh said Vedanta has shown a ’shocking’ and ‘blatant disregard for the rights of the tribal groups’. The Minister has also questioned the legality of the massive refinery Vedanta has already built below the hills.


The news is a crushing defeat for Indian billionaire Anil Agarwal , Vedanta’s majority owner and founder. 


Read more : http://www.survivalinternational.org/news/6385

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The Omo Valley tribes

A massive hydroelectric dam threatens the tribes of the Lower Omo River

The tribes have lived in this area for centuries and have developed techniques to survive in a challenging environment.

They have not been consulted about the dam and stand to lose their livelihoods based on the river’s natural flood cycle.

The Lower Omo River in south west Ethiopia is home to eight different tribes whose population is about 200,000. They have lived there for centuries.

However the future of these tribes lies in the balance. A massive hydro-electric dam, Gibe III, is under construction on the Omo. When completed it will destroy a fragile environment and the livelihoods of the tribes, which are closely linked to the river and its annual flood.
Hamar girls display their ornate hair and adornments.
Hamar girls display their ornate hair and adornments.
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Salini Costruttori, an Italian company, started construction work on the Gibe III dam at the end of 2006, and has already built a third of it.

China’s largest bank, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), has agreed to fund part of the construction of the dam. The Ethiopian government has also asked the African Development Bank and the Italian government to fund Gibe III, and they are expected to make a decision soon.

Survival and various regional and international organisations believe that the Gibe III Dam will have catastrophic consequences for the tribes of the Omo River, who already live close to the margins of life in this dry and challenging area.

We are calling on the African Development Bank and other potential funders not to support this project until a complete and independent social and environmental impact study is carried out and the tribal peoples have been fully consulted and given their free informed and prior consent.

Act now : http://www.survivalinternational.org/tribes/omovalley#actnow
sign the petition : http://www.stopgibe3.org/index.php


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