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According to the 2022 State of the Indigenous Peoples Address Report, 1.25 million hectares of indigenous lands were embroiled in projects seen to pose ecological risks such as massive disturbance and pollution of land, waterways, air, and biodiversity.
A legal and policy research institution on Wednesday revealed that half of all Certificate of Ancestral Domain titles (CADTs) in the Philippines are embroiled in environmentally destructive projects. In its 2022 State of the Indigenous Peoples Address (SIPA) Report, the Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center (LRC) said the threats…
DAVAO CITY – As Typhoon Odette swept through the island provinces in Northeastern Mindanao, Central Visayas and Palawan on December 16, hundreds of thousands of hectares of agricultural land were shredded leaving billions worth of damages. With the massive devastation of agricultural lands, this co
MINDANAO, Philippines For environmental groups in the Philippines, 2021 went out with a big blow: on Dec. 23, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) reversed a 4-year-old ban on open-pit metal mining. The order, issued by Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu, a retired military general, overturned a prohibition on open-pit mining for copper, […]