THE GOENCHI MATI MOVEMENT
Goenchi Mati is a Konkani phrase that means Goa’s land, or Goa’s earth - a land now losing much of its beautiful natural inheritance due to rampant illegal mining and corruption taking place in the coastal state of Goa, India. These two videos highlight the core principles behind the Goenchi Mati Movement, which is fighting for justice-based reforms to mining practice and custodianship of the land. For more information visit: goenchimati.org
From November 22nd, 2007 - 2012, all iron ore mining in the state of Goa, India was declared fully ILLEGAL by the Supreme Court. As a result, the future generations of Goa have been looted of their rightful inheritance, and Goans have had to bear the massive impacts of years of unregulated mining on their land and society. This video highlights the need to immediately cancel the state government's immoral mining lease renewals, as the first step towards justice.
This video provides an in-depth exploration of what the Goenchi Mati Movement is, and the solutions it proposes to address widespread mining corruption and theft of resources in Goa, India. The mining system that was in place resulted in massive loss in the value of our minerals - Goenchi Mati has proposed a solution for fair mining, where we preserve the inheritance for our children.
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Ore Chor! 144 dubbed in the native Konkani language of Goa.
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The Goenchi Mati Movement dubbed in the native Konkani language of Goa.
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Chory wia: a theft has taken place. Now you can say "Why should an ordinary citizen really bother about this? Because the owners of natural resources are the people of the state... If the public is not willing to challenge this, then I think anything will happen in this country, and it will not be cured." - Claude Alvares (Director of Goa Foundation, Member of the Goenchi Mati Movement)
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Videos © The Goenchi Mati Movement, Goa Foundation and Better Creative 2018
We encourage sharing this work to grow social awareness, and inspire action.
Client: Goenchi Mati Movement
Artists: Kai RW, Abhilasha Dewan, Taira Malaney, Douglas Gracias
We encourage sharing this work to grow social awareness, and inspire action.
Client: Goenchi Mati Movement
Artists: Kai RW, Abhilasha Dewan, Taira Malaney, Douglas Gracias