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Re-sisters: Maria Shopova from Bulgaria
The mayor Maria Shopova explains why she supports the protests by the people of Popintsi against mining by the Canadian company Euromax Resources Limited.
Re-sisters: Baba Rajna from Bulgaria
Baba Rajna tells the story of the fierce protests against Canadian company Euromax Resources in 2006.
Re-Sisters: Hristina Daskalova from Bulgaria
Hristina Daskalova explains why people in her village do not have faith in future mining activities by Canadian company Euromax Resources.
Re-sisters: Pavlina Dimitrova from Bulgaria
Pavlina Dimitrova explains how the protests by young people and mothers led to a cancellation of the cyanide mining project by Canadian company Dundee Precious Metals.
Romania - resisting a planned gold mine
Gheorghe Ivascan talks about Rosia Montana inhabitants resistance to a gold mine planned by Canadian company Gabriel Resources ltd.
Romania - woman being threatened by mining company
Mrs. Elena talks about threats by employees of Canadian gold mining company Gabriel Resources ltd.
romania - woman forced to leave her home by mining company
Dragan Otilia talks about having to abandon her house because the Canadian company Gabriel Resources ltd wants to develop a gold mine.
romania - workers displaced by mining company
Donmul Feri talks about the displacement of Rosia Montana inhabitants by Canadian gold mining company Gabriel Resources ltd.
romania - man concerned mine will ruin local history
David Francisc talks about how local churches and history would be destroyed if Canadian company Gabriel Resources ltd developed a gold mine in Rosia Montana.
romania - romanian youth against Rosia Montana gold mine
Cristian Ciura talks about young peoples' views on Canadian company Gabriel Resources ltd, which wants to develop a gold mine in Rosia Montana.
romania - man concerned by mining effects
Aurel Lamba talks about the displacement of people and about the church siding with Canadian gold mining company Gabriel Resources ltd.
romania - inhabitants misinformed by mining company
Eugen David talks about how inhabitants have been misinformed by Canadian gold mining company Gabriel Resources ltd.
England - artist Kurt Jackson on the environment and his work
Kurt Jackson is one of Britain's leading painters. In this short film he tells us how the environment affects his life and his work. Contains some strong language.
germany - impacts on fauna and habitat in bremen
The sound is like a drum roll! When I go rambling through the landscape, I can hear the distinctive sound of woodpeckers. Yet this is rather unusual in January and makes me feel somewhat uncomfortable. I hear blackbirds and tits telling me that spring is already here. There are starlings gathering out there in the fields. Shouldn’t they have already left for the South? This year they didn’t migrate at all but stayed in Germany all winter.
germany - wrapping up glaciers is no solution to climate change
Climate change is already having a significant impact in the Alps, where the average temperature in the region has risen to nearly 2◦C over the past century. Glaciers have dramatically reduced in size and continue to melt. By 1980, they had been reduced to half their original size and since then another third of the ice mass has been lost. When I go hiking in the Alps, I now have to climb much higher in order to reach the foothills of the glaciers. Where they used to extend right down into the valleys, these days only debris and mud remain. Scientists predict that by 2100, the glaciers at the Zugspitze will have disappeared completely – and that, within 30 years, the snow line and the permafrost borderline will have moved 300 metres higher up the mountain
romania - proposed mine will destroy nature
Dragan Gheorghe talks about how nature would be destroyed if the Canadian company Gabriel Resources ltd developed a gold mine in Rosia Montana.
Mining Re-sisters from Bulgaria
Bulgarian Re-sisters testify about the lack of faith they have in mining activities of the cyanide mining project by Canadian company Dundee Precious Metals. They also talk about the protests of young people and mothers which led to the cancellation of the project.
