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By Marcelle P. VillegasSeptember 2018 was a tragic, difficult month for the Philippine mining industry because heavy rains resulted in landslide in the Mountain Province region. Several small-scale miners died during the landslides in Itogon, Benguet. Other than being part of the headlines at that time, it also placed the mining industry …
2. The many ways mining activities impact biodiversity. Mining affects biodiversity at multiple spatial scales (site, landscape, regional and global) through direct (i.e. mineral extraction) and indirect processes (via industries supporting mining operations, and external stakeholders who gain access to biodiversity-rich areas as the result of …
Since November 2020, Indigenous people have observed trees that have been illegally felled within a mining concession in southern Palawan, an island in the western Philippines.
Mining: An Activity with Substantial Potential for Environmental Harm. The government of the Philippines is counting on the role mining can play as a source of economic …
Since the 1970s, the Philippine Indigenous peoples have been besieged by a growing number of foreign and local corporations engaged in mining, logging, and plantation …
Amidst inflation, supply chain interruptions, geopolitical upheaval, the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and their subsequent effects on the energy and industrial commodities markets, …
Most mining-related deforestation is driven by gold and coal. Other minerals like bauxite, iron ore and copper are also major drivers. Mining clears the forest to dig excavation pits and access roads.
Aside from logging (whether legal or illegal), other causes of deforestation in the Philippines are forest fires, "kaingin" farming (slash-and-burn agriculture), and mining operations. Volcanic eruptions have also devastated some of the country's tropical rainforests. Ditto for typhoons, which have devastated considerable hectares of ...
A new WWF report, "Extracted Forests: Unearthing the role of mining-related deforestation as a driver of global deforestation", sheds light on how the impacts of mining, currently the fourth largest driver of deforestation, increases significantly, affecting up to 1/3 of the world's forest ecosystems, when indirect impacts are taken into account.
Environmental and human rights defenders fear the worst, as the Philippines lifted the ban on open-pit mining that intended to protect the country's …
The Philippines, a global center of mining expansion, serves as an exemplar for analyzing the effects of decentralization, particularly in the extractive industry, on the customary natural resource management (NRM) institutions and quality of development achieved where mineral extraction occurs.
2 – The Effects of Deforestation on Local People and Their Livelihoods. Healthy forests support the livelihoods of 1.6 billion people globally, one billion of whom are among the world's poorest.This means there are many people depending on forests for survival and using them to hunt and gather raw products for their small-scale agriculture …
The Supreme Court filed a writ of kalikasan against the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and mining companies operating in southern Palawan, alle ... alleging that their actions might cause "serious and irreversible" harm to the environment and residents. ... Philippines (December 1, 2023). Available at SSRN: …
This research work examined the ore extraction and mining operations of the three (3) largest Mining companies in Palawan, Philippines, and their effect on the environment and the people. This research work undertook a thorough and broader outlook into the environmental implications of Mining on the island of Palawan, both negative and positive.
The Situation of Mining in the Cordillera Region, Philippines and its Impact on Land Rights and Indigenous Women. Paper presented during the Second International Conference on Women and Mining ...
A massive landslide struck a mining town in the southern Philippines on Feb. 6, claiming nearly 100 lives and affecting more than 7,000 people. Image courtesy of Civil Defense Davao Region.
These conditions make small-scale mining communities more vulnerable to natural disasters. In the Philippines, artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is practiced in more than 30 provinces …
domains in the Philippines. They show the divisive effects of mining on communities where positions vary between those who strongly oppose mining and those who hope to benefit from it. The situation raises questions about the future of ancestral domains, including indigenous peoples' cultural heritage and natural resources. Mining in the ...
In addition, the Philippines needs to address the root causes of deforestation, such as poverty and a lack of alternative livelihoods for local communities. Providing alternative livelihood …
Philippines – Mining by the numbers, 2023. The Philippines remains a significant contributor to nickel markets, producing an estimated 360,000 metric tons of contained nickel in 2022, equivalent …
Oliveira et al. "Effects of land‐cover changes on the partitioning of surface energy and water fluxes in Amazonia using high‐resolution satellite imagery," Ecohydrology, 2019. https ...
Mining accounts for almost 2% of the Philippines' GDP, and employs over 150 000 people, or over 0.7% of the national workforce. If small-scale mining activities were taken into account, the number ...
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 …
And what positive effects will it accrue for the mining sector and all its stakeholders? Experts said that if there is one industry that can help the Philippine economy recover from the effects of the COVID–19 pandemic, it is the mining industry. The Philippines is one of the richest mineral resource–endowed countries in the world. It is ...
Mining. Oil and coal mining requires a considerable amount of forest land. Apart from this, roads and highways have to be built to make way for trucks and other equipment. ... Educate your friends, family, and community by sharing the deforestation facts, and its causes and effects. You can make an impact! 6. Eat Less Meat. Livestock rearing ...
A village was set up to support 15,000 miners working in the ruby mine near Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar. Photo: Pardieu et al. (2017). However, compared to many other industries such as agriculture, mining uses relatively small pockets of land, and the future of mining could move to using techniques that are arguably even less invasive on …
Learn how the Marcopper mining disasters in Marinduque caused social injustice and neglect for five decades, and what can be done to address them.
In the Philippines, soil erosion is considered as one of its worst environmental problem (Ella 2005;Paningbatan 2005;Schmitt 2009;Olabisi 2012;Magcale-Macandog 2014).
4. Mining. The mining process can lead to the creation of large open spaces beneath the surface of the earth. This can result in the land caving in, which compromises the integrity of the land. Mining also …
Mining can deplete surface and groundwater supplies. Groundwater withdrawals may damage or destroy streamside habitat many miles from the actual mine site. In Nevada, the driest state in the United States of America, the Humboldt River is being drained to benefit gold mining operations along the Carlin Trend. Mines in the …