Philippines: Solon Bats For Indigenous Peoples Responsive Mining Law

Philippines: Solon Bats For Indigenous Peoples Responsive Mining Law   Citing the documented negative effects of mining operations on indigenous communities, Ifugao Congressman Teddy Brawner Baguilat is pushing for a new mining law that respects and protects the rights of indigenous peoples (IP), especially over IPs’ ancestral domains.   “In IP communities, mining operations have resulted in loss of livelihood, dislocation of settlements, weakening of social systems, and loss of ownership and...

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