Philippines: Indigenous Peoples Solon Notes Rejection Of Mining At Local Level

Philippines: Indigenous Peoples Solon Notes Rejection Of Mining At Local Level   “We’re seeing a wave of local ordinances declaring their corresponding jurisdictions as mining-free zones and asserting moratoriums on open pit mining, which can only mean that at the local level, people are rejecting mining.”   Thus remarked Cong. Teddy Brawner Baguilat (Lone District, Ifugao) at the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) Forum last Tuesday at Intramuros,...

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