Avatar 
While the cinema across the world are full of people who rushed to see Avatar, the latest jewel of technology James Cameron, someone calls right in the Canadian film: the story of Avatar does exist, and us.
is the Dongria Kondh tribe, which lives in the state of Orissa in India and is fighting to defend their land from a mining company determined to destroy their sacred mountain.
Dongria live in the hills of Niyamgiri. The company Vedanta Resources, one of 100 companies most highly capitalized listed on the London Stock Exchange (FTSE-100), is determined to extract bauxite (aluminum ore) from the rich ore found in their sacred mountain. The Vedanta is majority owner of the Indian billionaire Anil Agarwal.
Dongria Kondh and other groups living in the area are opposing the Vedanta and are determined to prevent Niyamgiri is transformed into an industrial wasteland. Kondh other groups are already suffering from a bauxite refinery built and run by the Vedanta on the slopes of the hills.
The facts are reported by Survival International, whose managing director Stephen Corry said: "Just like Na'vi describe Forest Pandora as the 'them all', similarly, for Dongria life and the earth have always been deeply intertwined. Like that of Na'vi, life Dongria Kondh is in danger because their lands are ready to be transformed into a mining site by Vedanta Resources, who will stop at nothing to achieve its objectives. The mine will destroy the forests from which the Dongria Kond and will depend on spare the lives of thousands of other Kondh residing in the area. "
For this reason, after a year of stress, the Anglican Church has announced its decision to disinvest by Vedanta Resources, "The Vedanta did not show the level respect for human rights and local communities that we expected and we fear they will not do so in the future. [...] Keep in Vedanta investment would be inconsistent with the ethical investment policy of the Church. "
To see the video: www.survival.it / film / mine
