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HELP US PROTECT HOMOLJE FROM DESTRUCTIVE MINING

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Where: Homolje Mountains, Eastern Serbia

What’s there:
  • Outstanding nature: impressive gorges, canyons, waterfalls, springs, caves and ancient woodland.
  • Astonishing biodiversity: prey birds, bears, wolves, highly endangered bats, otters, and a score of other animals and insects. Over 140 of these are classified as rare and protected, but the list is far from exhaustive!
  • A lynx population, that includes Rista – seen in the photos below from 2023 after Rista was released back to the wild after recovering from an injury.

Pictures by: Predrag Kostin @divlja_srbija




Why we need your help:
  • Areas such as Homolje are essential for diminishing the negative impacts of the climate change catastrophe that is affecting our Nature-depleted world.
  • Catastrophically, the Serbian government has allowed several multinational gold mining companies to carry out mining exploration in Homolje, showing no concern about their impacts on Nature. Canadian Dundee Precious Metals (with a history of appalling environmental and human rights record in Armenia) holds four exploration licences stretching over several hundred square kilometres! Open-pit mines could replace the lush Nature of Homolje!
  • The plans for opening the first gold mine are at an advanced stage. Unless we stop it, it will open in 2026 and involve a series of open pits, as well as the use of toxic cyanide-based chemicals. This would be a disaster for Homolje and its Nature.
  • The mine also poses a serious threat to the Vlach national minority. The Vlach communities will see their land expropriated and their traditional livelihoods destroyed. The nearest pit will be only 3 km from the nearest Vlach village.
  • To stop the opening of the mine and further explorations, we must continue our legal battle against Dundee. But the legal fees are becoming more and more expensive and we simply cannot carry on anymore without your help. The estimated yearly fee is €20,500, but it is likely to be more than this.

Who we are:
  • We are part of a dedicated group of activists who are fighting against the opening of this, and any other, mine that might threaten Homolje, its Nature and its people. Some of us live locally, some of us around the world, but we are all determined to save Homolje, which is our home too.



Useful links to learn more:




Pomozite nam da spasimo Homolje od rudnika i uništenja!

Gde: Homoljske planine, istočna Srbija

Šta se tu nalazi?
Izvanredna priroda: impresivne klisure, kanjoni, vodopadi, izvori, pećine i prastare šume.
Neverovatan biodiverzitet: ptice grabljivice, medvedi, vukovi, visoko ugroženi slepi miševi, vidre i niz drugih životinja i insekata. Preko 140 vrsta biljaka i životinja je klasifikovano kao retko i zaštićeno, ali lista se neprestano dopunjava sa novim naučnim saznanjima!
Populacija risa, koja uključuje Ristu – risa sa fotogafija iz 2023. godine, koje prikazuju Ristu nakon što je pušten nazad u divljinu posle oporavka od povrede.


Zašto nam je potrebna vaša pomoć:


• Područja kao što je Homolje su od suštinskog značaja za smanjenje negativnog uticaja katastrofalnih klimatskih promena koje utiču na sve veće osiromašenje prirode u svetu.

• Van svake pameti, Vlada Srbije je dozvolila da nekoliko multinacionalnih kompanija sprovodi istraživanje potencijalnih nalazišta zlata u Homolju, ne pokazujući nikakvu zabrinutost za uticaj tih istraživanja na prirodu.
Kanadski Dundee Precious Metals (koji ima neslavnu prošlost ugrožavnja životne sredine i ljudskih prava u Jermeniji) poseduje četiri dozvole za istraživanje. Područje njihovog istraživanja se prostire na nekoliko stotina kvadratnih kilometara!
Površinski kopovi mogli bi zameniti bujnu prirodu Homolja!

• Planovi za otvaranje prvog rudnika zlata su u poodmakloj fazi. Ukoliko ne zaustavimo rudnik, otvaranje je predviđeno za 2026. godinu i uključiće niz otvorenih kopova, kao i upotrebu toksičnih hemikalija na bazi cijanida.
Otvaranje rudnika bi bila prava katastrofa za Homolje i prirodu Homolja.

• Rudnik predstavlja ozbiljnu opasnost i za Vlašku nacionalnu manjinu. Vlaškim zajednicama će biti eksproprisana zemlja i uništen tradicionaln način života. Najbliži iskop rudnika biće udaljen samo 3 km od najbližeg vlaškog sela.

• Da bismo zaustavili otvaranje rudnika i dalja istraživanja, moramo da nastavimo našu pravnu borbu protiv Dandija. Pravni troškovi rastu i mi jednostavno ne možemo više da nastavimo bez vaše pomoći. Procenjena godišnja naknada je 20.500 evra, sa uvećanjem za inflaciju.

Ko smo mi:

Mi smo posvećena grupa aktivista koji se bore protiv otvaranja ovog i svakog drugog rudnika koji bi mogao da ugrozi Homolje, našu prirodu i naše ljude koji žive u Homolju.
Neki od nas žive u Homolju, a drugi širom sveta, ali smo svi odlučni da sačuvamo Homolje koje je i naš dom.

Linkovi sa podacima:


1. Opis projekta na sajtu kompanije:

2. Dundee Precious metal, prethodna studija izvodljivosti:
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