Extractivism
Extractivism refers to development models that rely on intensive exploitation of natural resources – such as mining, logging and water exploitation. In this category we deal with the consequences of such practices on local communities, ecosystems and social justice.
Questions about who benefits and who bears the consequences are at the center of our analysis. We also highlight community resistance, alternatives and opportunities for more sustainable development models.
At the panel “The Art of Resistance”, organized by the Center for Girls in Niš, Miroslava Nikolić spoke on behalf of the political ecology organization Polekol. Together with activist Marija Srdić from Novi Sad and activists from the Karton Revolucija in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Adi Selman and Nedim Musić, she shared experiences about how she began her activism, what motivates her to persist, the obstacles activists face, how they overcome them, and the current struggles they are engaged in, both at the local and regional levels.
The Right to Water initiative was a guest in the latest episode of the podcast Tampon Zona!
Polecol is among more than 150 organizations from around the world that signed the letter addressed to the UN Secretary General, who we ask to immediately initiate the work of an expert group for a just transition in the sector of critical raw materials.
