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What Oxfam is Doing

Oxfam America is calling on international oil, gas, and mining companies to show their respect for poor communities’ right to know and right to decide. We are engaging with the public, government, private sector, and the international community. Each group can help respect the rights of poor people and contribute to the long-term reduction of poverty. more »

What You Can Do

• Sign up for Oxfam America's Online Community. Receive e-mails and information about oil, gas, and mining issues.
• Take action now! Tell Congress to protect communities and require oil, gas, and mining companies to make public what they pay to the countries where they operate.
• Check out Oxfam's organizing materials. Read Oxfam's Fact Sheet on oil, gas, and mining, and watch "Our Land, Our Life," a video about the Western Shoshones struggle for land rights.
• Have questions about Oxfam's new campaign on oil, gas, and mining? Read our Q & A.
• Learn more. Read more about Oxfam's oil, gas, and mining work in the field.

Real Lives

	Community in Focus: Farmers in El Salvador question wisdom of relying on large-scale mining Concerns about water and land lead to a debate about the role of mining in long-term economic development.
	Community in Focus: Village in Peru Sees Pollution, Few Benefits of Huge Gas Pipeline Project Gas spills and lack of attention to community development raise questions in the forest villages of indigenous people affected by the Camisea pipeline.
	Community in Focus: In Prestea, Ghana, Gold Mine Expansion Threatens Water Sources Several communities are requesting a comprehensive evaluation of the impact of the first phase of a new mining project and for the company to respect their right to free, prior, and informed consent regarding new and proposed projects.
	The Majaz Effect A proposed mine in Peru threatens fragile cloud forests and rivers.
	Caught on the Wrong Side of a Gold Boom Farmers in Ghana talk candidly about the impact of gold mining on their communities and how—with education about their human rights-—they can hold mining companies and the government accountable.
	Oxfam Preps for Oil and Mining’s New Focus American, Chinese, and Australian companies look to Cambodia.
	Western Shoshone Push for Answers at Annual Meeting of Barrick Gold Mt. Tenabo, NV is a sacred site, home to some of the tribe's creation stories, but a mining operation threatens to disrupt spiritual life.
	Environmental Activists Receive Death Threats Environmental activists are under threat of death in Guatemala, where a deep-rooted culture of violence limits space for debate about mining and the environment.
	Rodolfo Pocop: An Indigenous Perspective on Mining in Guatemala New economic realities in Central America reveal strong concerns about the future of Mayan culture.
	Environmental Disaster The US oil giant left behind an enormous expanse of land and water polluted by 18.5 billion gallons of wastewater and oil.