tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14203279574869431682024-03-06T12:02:54.160-08:00No To Irresponsible Miningnotomininghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06327060014350829656noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1420327957486943168.post-15673516116584958792012-02-18T07:27:00.000-08:002012-02-18T07:27:15.095-08:00Stop Lying in Palawan<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have read that "Mining does not and will not affect agriculture, fishing and eco-tourism in Palawan." </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For me, this was such a big lie because miners make used of explosive products or technologies that could get minerals from the underground which can be easily affected the ecosystem and can also destroys the natural ability of our nature. Of course, it will take several years to recover our resources and it would take more time to preserve again. And again, there is no such thing as responsible mining for me. :)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Every corresponding action, there is always a negative effect, so i do believe that human beings are the one who destroys the resources itself, and we can't blame other people for that because that's what they do for a living and the government itself can't do so much about this because of the poverty experiencing in the country. We cannot blame also the government because this activity had already happened "bago pa magpalit ng mga officials "whenever new government people takes place, so it will be very hard on their part for blaming them if that mining activities have been doing.. ever since.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">reference: </span><a href="http://www.chamberofmines.com.ph/b/stopthelyinginpalawan.html">http://www.chamberofmines.com.ph/b/stopthelyinginpalawan.html</a>notomininghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06327060014350829656noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1420327957486943168.post-19077899577508486992012-01-14T04:20:00.000-08:002012-02-19T07:22:14.971-08:00Irresponsible Mining Threatens Food Security<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-size: large;">Cagayan is one of the places here in the Philippines which are rich in minerals and natural resources like black sand, iron ore and manganese. Together with other minerals found in Cagayan, these natural resources attract many mining companies to explore what Cagayan has. Situations got even worse when these companies abuse the mining sites and thus this led to exploitation of natural resources. With that, ever wonder who’s to blame? Who are deeply affected?<br /><br />Because of the situation Cagayan is into, many believed that part of the blame must be put on the provincial and local government units. Why? It is because they allow mining companies to operate in exchange of short term benefits. They are being selfish on making such decisions not even taking into consideration or priority those who are greatly affected and already suffering because of the disastrous effects of those mining activities. And who are these people who are experiencing so much suffering? They are no other than the poor people. Imagine, they are already in that state of living and yet they are still taken for granted. The great impact is really on the poor ones. Specifically, some have experience displacement from their lands, others have lost their sources of livelihood and still others have been physically threatened and maltreated because of their opposition to mining in their localities. <br /><br />There are many unions that hold responsible of taking care of the mining sites which promotes responsible mining. Even pastoral communities have a plea. From a pastoral letter on mining written and addressed on the 23rd of October year 2011, pastors from Tuguegarao have laid down some points. They are aware of the current situation of their place that’s why they are in action. According to them, no one must be afraid of appealing their concerns to government agencies especially when they know that such mining companies plunder the natural resources. One more thing, each and every one must be motivated enough to be on guard not only against mining but also against all forms of destructive activities like logging, illegal fishing, and bad farming practices that destroy and endanger our natural environment.<br /><br />Posted by: Ann Lorraine C. Mendoza<br /><br />Reference: http://www.nordis.net/?p=10831</span></div>notomininghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06327060014350829656noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1420327957486943168.post-15575480474808469342012-01-13T17:35:00.000-08:002012-02-18T18:57:57.499-08:00ILLEGAL MINING – possible cause of landslide in Pantukan, Compostella Valley<div style="text-align: justify;">
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– The Senate has been urged to conduct an investigation on the financiers of
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Compostela Valley Gov. Arthur Uy also ordered the
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regarding local officials in Pantukan who themselves own tunnels in the mining
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Legarda filed Senate Resolution No. 675, stressing
specific areas in Pantukan, including Barangay Napnapan where the Jan. 5, 2012
and the April 2011 landslides occurred, have been identified as landslide-prone
and the mountain region could collapse from high pressure or big movements,
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mining sites and place their lives at risk for a chance of finding gold instead
of relocating to safer places where there is no alternative livelihood, Legarda
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Geosciences Bureau that said those who were killed or injured in the landslide
in Barangay Napnapan were small-scale gold miners who had no permits to mine in
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Pantukan are reportedly financed by operators who provide the necessary equipment,
such as mechanized pumps and sizable mills, which are too expensive for the
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bottomline of this topic is DISCIPLINE. If only these small scale miners were
disciplined enough to follow hazard warnings given by the government and if
only they didn’t risk placing their houses near the mining site, the accident
happened could have been prevented. However, these small scale miners are not
to blame, there are people behind these operations who financed the operations
and provided expensive equipment for mining. I guess this is another lesson
that all Filipinos should keep in mind that lack of discipline might lead to
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: large;">Come to think of it, mining can destroy what we might have preserving for the future generations, and it takes years to be fully reversed if we stop doing this activity. Some say, damage will never be fully reversed. but i believe, we could bring the nature back as long as we will stop such activity . We need to preserve it for future needs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: large;">A Fact-Finding Team composed of human rights and environmental experts from the United Kingdom which looked into the impact of mining on the environment and peoples' livelihoods in the Philippines highlighted the occurrence of mining-related human rights abuses affecting local communities especially indigenous people; extrajudicial killings of persons protesting against mining; corruption in the mining sector; political pressure on the judiciary resulting in pro-mining decisions; and environmental impacts. - Victor V. Asio</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">We have the knowledge that there will be always threat in our resources whenever we have done something but we don't use our knowledge to preserve and to protect .... and still some of us can't imagine how could this activity can bring destruction or affects the human life. We don't know the consequences might happen in the future but many accidents will occur if we didn't stop this activity like landslide, water will be contaminated and in result it will affect the animals in the sea and also affects human being.</span></div>
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presented their case on the ill effects of mining to the Senate committee on
agriculture. The group of Save Palawan Movement, UP economics professor,
Chamber of Mines in the Philippines, congressman and senators were present to explain
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Movement” </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">insisted that irresponsible mining
practices in the country have resulted in the <u>reduction of forest cover</u>,
<u>water pollution</u>, and <u>displacement and health problems of farmers,
fisher folk and indigenous communities</u>. As a result, this group launched a “No
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Prof. Arsenio Balisacan, he said that there is an <u>increase in poverty incidence</u>
in the mining sector from 27.84% in 1988 to 48.71% in 2009 using data from a
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reminded senators about the <u>environmental and social costs of mining,</u>
like what happened in the Marcopper mine disaster. The incident made global
news in 1996 when massive amounts of mine waste were released to the Boac
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Philippines defended their industry in the Senate committee hearing through
Atty. Ronald Residoro. He said that mining companies have helped assure
sustainable growth in rural communities and provided a basic platform to
improve their way of life. He also
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Marcos, he said that it is not good to look at mining as a source of income and
employment in the Philippines. There is a clear understanding for all of us
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are different advantages and disadvantages of mining in the Philippines. If we
weight all of them, disadvantages go first. For that, we can’t take risk the
lives of many people just to say that mining can give economic growth to the
country. The government must really work hard in implementing rules and
regulations about mining. I may suggest that they must think the majority of
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<span style="font-size: large;">-->Mining can really be harmful to our nature; people cannot avoid damaging the nature while mining. Believing it or not, it slowly damages our nature. Mining can be stopped, if the government here in the Philippines wants to stop it, but we may not know that there are lots of government officials that deal with the under the table when it comes to this kind of destructive activity, especially nowadays, people are struggling with money problems. We cannot stop these people/companies from mining when the government did not take any serious action or initiate some laws regarding mining. Only the government has the authority to take the initiative to start to say no to mining. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Mining in the Philippines is one of the issues which are always talked about. And yes, at some point in time it has been ubiquitous. In fact, there are numerous forums, advertisements, campaigns and promotions seen on televisions, heard on the news and read in the newspapers and web pages. But above all these things, are we really aware what responsible mining is all about?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Responsible mining means respecting the environment by meeting and exceeding the national norms. Moreover, it is seeking innovative ideas just to be able to protect the environment. Responsible mining supports the life and the condition of our Mother Earth, not just the present situation but as well as what it will become in the future. In addition to those fore mentioned, aside from the fact that it protects the environment, it also develop communities in a sustainable manner. You may be asking, in what ways? Basically, if we are able to preserve our natural resources in the most brilliant way that we can, our future is not at stake. We won't be dealing with so much environmental issues saying we should have done this and not that. As early as now, we're being reminded. Another thing about responsible mining is that it promotes openness and transparency. The main concern is the environment and people. Being concern with the environment is also being concern with the indigenous people and all the communities. And that is what also responsible mining promotes. Lastly, responsible mining supports good governance. It is not a selfish thing. It is for the well being of everything, of everyone, of every Filipino.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Credits to Jeffrey Geronimo, BS Mining Engineering student from University of the Philippines. Some information are from his account (<a href="http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/responsible-mining">http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/responsible-mining</a>)</i></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Other reference: </span><a href="http://barrickbeyondborders.com/2008/12/how-would-you-define-responsible-mining/"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://barrickbeyondborders.com/2008/12/how-would-you-define-responsible-mining/</span></a></span></i></div>notomininghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06327060014350829656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1420327957486943168.post-8099036377333549472011-12-27T06:05:00.000-08:002012-02-19T00:20:38.481-08:00Mining in the Philippines<div class="entry-content" style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: justify;">
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on its natural resources. This is because the country has enough land
forms to supply it. The country is rich in mountains, forests and
fertile soil to use for agriculture. Nonetheless, not many know that it
also has sources of certain minerals. Due to statistical reports and
studies, the Philippines rank among the world’s top five countries with
the greatest amounts of copper, nickel and iron ore. During the era of
colonialism, the country was greatly exploited and profited from by
foreigners without the consent of the Filipino people. However at
present, there are certain laws and policies regarding the use of these
natural resources for both local and foreign mining industries.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>If one looks at the geographical setting of the Philippines, it is an
archipelago which consists of many land forms, mainly mountains rich
with certain metals. Most of the time, the common areas where mining
occurs are those found in the mountainous regions where urbanization
rarely happens. The Philippines uses this as a source of income by
exporting unprocessed minerals to other countries. Due to this fact,
many mining companies from outside the country have taken interest in
the land properties of the country and take the time to make investments
and mergers with the government or some local mining firms. By
directly obtaining these, they save money and gain more profit. Success
from the mining industry has actually given a number of jobs in the Philippines
Heavy machinery operators and mining engineers have become in demand
because they have the sufficient knowledge to go about mining
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>The task to protect natural resources and to implement laws and
policies for mining firms ”local or foreign” rests in the hands of the
government of the Philippines. Specifically, it has assigned one of
its branches, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, to
overlook mining activities throughout the country. Other than this,
experts and engineers in this field have also set up their own group
which looks out for the betterment of the industry. This group is called
Philippine Society of Mining Engineers (PMEA). In addition, because of
the privatization of mining business, specialized associations have
popped out. These, created as early as 1988, focus on representing the
interests of foreign mining industries which invest much in type of
trade. One of them is the Philippine Mineral Exploration Association
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Although laws have been created for the wellbeing of the mining
business, it cannot be helped that there are instances when problems are
met. In order to strengthen the state’s economy, the government opens
its doors to investors, where they sign agreements, even laws, allowing
these companies to employ the natural resources of the Philippines.
Unfortunately, poor and improper management has resulted in various
problems such as environmental and social issues. Damage is done to
nature because of illegal practices such as the use of poisonous
chemicals or explosives. The main effect of this is the deforestation
and destruction of mountains, which may later on lead to flash floods
and erosions.</b></span></div>
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governing mining by local and foreign firms. Unfortunately, the effects
are not always beneficial. Huge companies push through with their
operations without the consent of residents around the nearby area. The
struggle for their rights to property has been raised to the
government. However, resolutions brought about by the administrative
body have proven to be insufficient. Today, even as the mining business
is serving the interests of the economy, it is slowly torturing the
Filipino masses, especially those who reside in the mountainous
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>~ The article discussed the good and bad thing about mining here in the Philippines. I personally think that even if the government implemented laws about mining we still can't change the fact that the mining industry are destroying the environment. On the other hand, it helps many people in their living. As mentioned in the article, the Philippines is at the top 5 of having ample supply of nickel and iron ore which is very important in making important products. In my opinion, people should not abuse the gift of nature because I believe in the power of "karma" and I think in time the nature will take everything all that we have taken from it so let's be responsible and take care of our nature.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Reference: http://www.mines-denr.ph/mining-in-the-philippines.html</b></span></div>
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resources, damage is still done to nature because of illegal practices such as
the use of poisonous chemicals or explosives. The main effect of this is the
deforestation and destruction of mountains, which may later on lead to flash
floods and erosions. Mining is important indeed. However, citizens in Palawan
prefer to stop mining in their place and launched their own movement to protect
the Philippines' Last Ecological Frontier.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">The Save Palawan Movement, a multi-sectoral coalition of
concerned environmental, legal religious and other civic groups launched the
“No to Mining in Palawan” signature campaign on February 3rd, 2011 in the hope
of putting an end to mining activities in Palawan. The campaign aims to raise
10 MILLION signatures to deliver a strong message to the Philippine and Palawan
governments so that they would finally say no to mining in Palawan and help
protect one of the Philippines’ last remaining treasures.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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target) who signed to support the “No to Mining in Palawan” campaign. If you
are interested in helping this campaign, you may submit your votes online by
signing up here:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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friends and other relatives to sign up for Palawan and spread the word as well.
We can also use our Facebook accounts to share and encourage other people to
help. EVERY VOTE COUNTS! Let us help Mother Earth by saving Palawan! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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