Unearth Justice campaign
Mining is often a cause of conflict, environmental destruction and toxic pollution. This campaign highlights its hidden harms
When new mines are developed, communities are often forced from their lands and homes, rivers and streams close to mines are polluted, and hillsides and fields devastated, with damage lasting long after mines have closed.
CAFOD is calling on governments and mining companies to end this injustice, and give poor communities a greater say in whether mining is allowed, how it operates, and who benefits.
We also work with local organisations supporting poor communities to stand up for their rights.
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Mining can be a cause of conflict, environmental destruction and toxic pollution. Download Kept in the dark and other reports and briefing papers related to the Unearth Justice campaign here. |
![A child gold miner in the DRC [Richard Wainwright]](/var/storage/images/get-involved/campaigning/unearth-justice/images/a-child-gold-miner-in-the-drc/227414-3-eng-GB/a-child-gold-miner-in-the-drc_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg) | Video & galleries for Unearth Justice Find out who is supporting our Unearth Justice campaign |
![Campaigners make a giant gold chain at the Unearth Justice launch conference in Westminster.[Photo: Laura Storr]](/var/storage/images/media_folder/cafod/images/campaign_images/unearth_justice_campaign_images/young_campaigners_at_london_conference/68468-2-eng-GB/young_campaigners_at_london_conference_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg) | Unearth Justice for youth leaders Youth leaders: Resources to help young people join the fight for poor communities to have a much greater say in whether, and how, mining happens, and who benefits |
![Group of miners in Mongbwalu, Democratic Republic of Congo [Richard Wainwright]](/var/storage/images/get-involved/campaigning/unearth-justice/images/drc-mining/68974-2-eng-GB/drc-mining_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg) | An important step towards Fairtrade gold CAFOD welcomes the launch by the Fairtrade Foundation and the Alliance for Responsible Mining of Fairtrade and Fairmined gold standards. |
![Elena Rosemary & Maira Lisette from Palos Ralos, which was relocated to make way for the Entre Mares goldmine [Annie Bungeroth]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/honduras/images/children-from-mining-communities/69270-9-eng-GB/children-from-mining-communities_0column75_nospace_landscape.jpg)
