Anti-Nuclear Network
Anti-Mining Campaign in Ceará: in defense of Rural Lands
Ceará
Objetivos e público prioritário
Following legal proceedings and environmental licensing of the Santa Quitéria Project and creating a campaign to translate and spread information on the risks and harms of uranium and phosphate extraction in Ceará.
Main activities
– Workshops on research methodology, data systematization and analysis to support the creation of an observatory for land transformation and its implications for rural youth
– Data systematization and analysis of the transformations
– Accompaniment of environment licensing
– Elaboration of a summary-report
– Networking with the Federal Public Prosecutor and Public Defender
– Creation of a thematic comic
– Creation of videos
– Creation of informative materials and publicity for mobilizations related to the project
– Production of journalistic articles
Context
The central sertão (semi-arid) region of Ceará has a history of land concentration, which began to change starting with land occupations by the MST and rural trade unions, mostly since the 1990s. Since then, rural communities and settlements have struggled for access to the right to land and water. Efforts to strengthen this way of life have been threatened by the probable installation and operation of the Santa Quitéria Project, an industrial complex aiming to mine and process uranium and phosphate in Santa Quitéria. The mining experience in other territories has shown a number of social, environmental and health issues, such as changes to the traditional ways of using and occupying the land, mass migrations of workers, overloading of public services, increase in violence, drug use and trafficking, water and soil contamination, and increased cancer rates.
About the organization
The mission of the Anti-Nuclear Network is to empower rural communities that would be affected by uranium and phosphate mining in Ceará. It is composed of the rural communities directly affected by these undertakings.
Partnerships
- Rede Brasileira de Justiça Ambiental (Brazilian Criminal Justice Network)
- Articulação Antinuclear Brasileira (Brazilian Anti-Nuclear Network)
- Associação Brasileira de Saúde Coletiva (Brazilian Collective Health Association)
Results
The project comprised two main areas of activity: communication and socio-judicial research and accompaniment. In the legal area, accompaniment of environmental licensing was carried out, as well as coordination with the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office and the Federal Public Defender’s Office. In the communication area, a report was produced in the form of comic strips about the the site’s impact on the territory and experiences of coexisting with the semiarid region; material about the project was prepared for dissemination and mobilization; Facebook was used to spread content published on the site and provide information in a smooth fashion; and videos were produced.
Funding Line
Annual Call for Proposals
Year
-
Total Granted
R$ 40,000
Duration
10 months
Main Themes
Social and environmental rights within mega-projects
