No to Mining in Palawan!

Although laws have been created to protect our natural 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.

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.

As of now, there are 4,268,336 people (nearly half of their 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:

http://no2mininginpalawan.com/

or you may also sign via text message by typing:

no2mining<space>name/age/location

and send to 2366 (Note: P2.50 per text)

We can make a difference. Let us encourage our family, 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!  

Reference: http://no2mininginpalawan.com/

Posted by: Innah Marie Luna