Ep. 26: Lithium Mining and its Impact on Human Rights and the Environment

This new podcast episode features a discussion on lithium mining and its impact on human rights and the environment, with a special focus on the Lithium Triangle in South America as well as in the region of Covas do Barroso, Portugal. The discussion is led by Anaïs Tobalagba (Business and Human Rights Consultant and a visiting researcher at the NOVA BHRE) and features Helle Abelvik-Lawson (business, human rights and environment researcher that holds a PhD in indigenous community participation rights in lithium mining in Argentina and Bolivia) and Catarina Alves Scarrott (Portuguese activist with a special focus on the lithium open-pit mining project in Covas do Barroso and a professor in London). The podcast episode is coordinated by Matilde Carreira, a undergraduate student at NOVA School of Law and Research Assistant at the NOVA BHRE.