Recent Work

A Visit to the Border Between Brazil & Venezuela

Part one in the NGO Mining Working Group’s Amazon Interviews Series with Sr. Barbara Bozak CSJ.

Education and the Mining Working Group – The State of Healthcare in Venezuela

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MWG Meeting with Pan-Amazonian Ecclesial Network (REPAM) & Conselho Indigenista Missionário (CIMI) at the UN Church Center.

Amazon Subcommittee Presentation – April 2022

Amazon Subcommittee Presentation from REPAM and Others – October 2020

Amazon Subcommittee Meeting – February 2021


“The Mining Working Group understands the intersectional nature of issues related to extractive industries in the Amazon region.  Extractivism can lead to habitat degradation, extractivist cartels, and negative health outcomes. “

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