Data

Location
Santiago
Chile
Scope of Operations & Activities
National
Multinational
Sector
Non-Profit or Non Governmental
Specific Topics
Natural Resource Management
Collections
LATINNO
Links
OCMAL Website
Videos
VI Encuentro OCMAL Observatorio de Conflictos Mineros de América Latina
General Types of Tools/Techniques
Plan, map and/or visualise options and proposals
Inform, educate and/or raise awareness

ORGANIZATION

Observatory of Mining Conflicts in Latin America

October 6, 2020 LATINNO
September 26, 2020 Jaskiran Gakhal, Participedia Team
December 21, 2019 Jaskiran Gakhal, Participedia Team
December 11, 2019 Jesi Carson, Participedia Team
April 30, 2019 Scott Fletcher Bowlsby
April 30, 2019 LATINNO
Location
Santiago
Chile
Scope of Operations & Activities
National
Multinational
Sector
Non-Profit or Non Governmental
Specific Topics
Natural Resource Management
Collections
LATINNO
Links
OCMAL Website
Videos
VI Encuentro OCMAL Observatorio de Conflictos Mineros de América Latina
General Types of Tools/Techniques
Plan, map and/or visualise options and proposals
Inform, educate and/or raise awareness

The Observatory of Mining Conflicts in Latin America (span. Observatorio de Conflictos Mineros de América Latina) is an initiative that brings together civil society organizations with the purpose of promoting alternatives to extractive mining industries in Latin America.

Mission and Purpose

The Observatory of Mining Conflicts in Latin America (span. Observatorio de Conflictos Mineros de América Latina) brings together civil society organizations from different regions with the purpose of promoting alternatives to extractive mining industries in Latin America while protecting local communities.

Origins and Development

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Organizational Structure, Membership, and Funding

All of the Observatory’s decisions are reached by consensus of all the involved groups and institutions.

Specializations, Methods and Tools

The Observatory produces research material to disseminate relevant information that can influence public and private decision-making. They also try to articulate a common agenda among diverse social movements and agents, and to generate spaces for coordination and regional dialogue.

Additionally, they have elaborated a digital and interactive map of mining conflicts in Latin America. This map allows to identify the conflict areas between communities and mining projects, cases of criminalization of social protest, and zones in which popular consultations on mining are being held.

Major Projects and Events

The last Latin American meeting of the observatory was held on November 7 and 8, 2018 in Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Analysis and Lessons Learned

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Publications

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See Also

References

[1] Radio Temblor (2018, Dec 20). VII Encuentro del Observatorio de Conflictos Mineros de América Latina (OCMAL). https://movimientom4.org/2018/12/vii-encuentro-del-observatorio-de-conflictos-mineros-de-america-latina-ocmal/

[2] Gloobal. Observatorio de Conflictos Mineros de América Latina (OCMAL). http://www.gloobal.net/iepala/gloobal/fichas/ficha.php?id=28299&entidad=Agentes&html=1

External Links

https://www.ocmal.org/

https://mapa.conflictosmineros.net/ocmal_db-v2/

Notes 

This entry was originally submitted as a case and was converted to an organization to meet Participedia's definitional standards.