section_path: Human rights/Indigenous peoples
section_name: Indigenous peoples
paragraph_text: Indigenous peoples
  
  There have also been instances of killings and evictions attributed to conflicts with mining companies. Almost a third of 227 murders in 2020 were of Indigenous peoples rights activists on the frontlines of climate change activism linked to logging, mining, large-scale agribusiness, hydroelectric dams, and other infrastructure, according to Global Witness.
  
  The relationship between indigenous peoples and mining is defined by struggles over access to land. In Australia, the Aboriginal Bininj said mining posed a threat to their living culture and could damage sacred heritage sites.
  
  In the Philippines, an anti-mining movement has raised concerns regarding "the total disregard for ancestral land rights". Ifugao peoples ' opposition to mining led a governor to proclaim a ban on mining operations in Mountain Province, Philippines.
  
  In Brazil, more than 170 tribes organized a march to oppose controversial attempts to strip back indigenous land rights and open their territories to mining operations. The United Nations Commission on Human Rights has called on Brazil's Supreme Court to uphold Indigenous land rights to prevent exploitation by mining groups and industrial agriculture.