Out of 334 environmental defenders killed in the country over the past two decades, 132 were from five provinces. 'Duterte-era' policies that persist also continue to endanger them.
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MINDANAO, Philippines In the remote mountain village of Ned, on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao, the arrival of heavy machinery signals that development is underway on a controversial, long-planned coal mine. Villager Jimmy Batilaran Jr. said that at least 40 earthmoving machines, including dump trucks and backhoes, have been deployed to the mine’s […]
Described by the late former Department of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Regina Paz L. Lopez as an environmentally destructive project, the multibillion-dollar Tampakan Copper-Gold Project has finally seen the light of day after the biggest and final hurdle to starting the project has been removed. The Mines and Geosciences…