In the 1980s, when the Philippines’ Energy Development Corporation, or EDC, began developing plans for a geothermal energy plant near Mount Apo, a dormant volcano on the southern island of Mindanao, it faced fierce resistance. Decades later, the geothermal plant is frequently cited as an example of a project that has fulfilled its commitments to […]
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A VIDEO presentation showing a British participant in the nude on top of Mount Kinabalu expressing her remorse outside was screened at the Sabah Cultural Board and Sabah Parks organised webinar entitled “People and the Mountain Relation”, recently
MINDANAO, Philippines Mount Apo, a protected area on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao, is threatened by small-scale illegal mining, which remains a lingering problem elsewhere in the resource-rich Southeast Asian nation. Famous for being the tallest peak in the Philippines, at 3,143 meters (10,312 feet), Mt. Apo was declared a protected area about […]