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Celebrating the conclusion of the settlement agreement AngloGold Ashanti has agreed to pay damages to the communities of Area One who were forcibly evicted from their land for the gold mine’s expansion in 2015. This is the first such victory in Guinea. In the wake of the violence, local and international civil society organizations mobilized…
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Group photo at ERAM (Photo: Pedro Corgozinho) Nestled in the beautiful mountains of Guinea, West Africa is Simandou, the world’s largest untapped high-grade iron ore deposit, coveted by mining companies for decades. Simandou project developers including Winning Consortium Simandou (WCS) and Australian mining giant Rio Tinto – both backed by China’s largest…
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I am thrilled to be joining GAIA to support its members in defining their environmental justice agenda on batteries, a new area of focus for the organization. The Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) is a global network of grassroots and national organizations from 92 countries around the world who are working together on waste…
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Who we are
Communities First provides technical program and advisory services to private foundations and civil society organizations on human rights and environmental justice of materials for a just transition and climate justice.
In recognition of the gross asymmetry in access to information and power by affected communities and civil society organizations in these contexts, our name “communities first” draws attention to the significant investment of time and resources first needed to help level the playing field, and so support more inclusive development outcomes.
