Huoyantu village chief holds a petition signed with villagers’ fingerprints demanding the relocation of the village. Huoyantu village in Huayuan county, Hunan province, is one of the villages in the province heavily affected by mining activities. The province’s fertile rice paddies are interspersed with heavy metal mines, a combination that has led to dangerously high levels of soil pollution.
The villagers don’t have access to clean drinking water and the agriculture produce has decreased considerably. 

湖南省花垣县火焰土村位于矿区山顶，长年矿产开采使其地下被挖空。村民饮水困难，农作物严重减产。村长手握按有村民手印的申请书，表达全村人搬迁的诉求。