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.
Activists from the region gathered 7. and August 8 in Tuzla, as part of the Alliance Defend the Balkan Rivers, call for the immediate deletion of all plans for the exploration and exploitation of lithium, nickel, copper and other critical raw materials from the Draft Spatial Plan of the Tuzla Canton. They warn that this is a red line beyond which there is no negotiation, and they announce the continuation of the joint uncompromising struggle if the voice of the people is ignored!
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.
From 14. until 17. In October, Polekol was part of the delegation of Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina visiting Brussels, organized by the European Bureau for the Environment and the Heinrich Bell Foundation.
Minister Lončar presented a team of medical experts who will deal with the impact of lithium mining on citizens' health. This is an ad hoc improvisation that does not solve…
10 arguments that will help you understand why we do not support lithium mining in Serbia.
Several dozen participants and spectators from three continents spent four days discussing extractivism, neocolonialism and opportunities for a just green transition within the Green European Horizons Academy and visiting Loznica and Gornji Nedeljice.
