On Earth Day, environmentalists urge Aquino to declare a moratorium on destructive mining
On Earth Day, environmentalists urge Aquino to declare a moratorium on destructive mining
uezon City, Philippines – Environmentalists formed a human chain in Quezon Memorial Circle Sunday, April 22, in celebration of Earth Day 2012 which they took also as occasion to challenge the Aquino government to implement a nationwide moratorium on large-scale mining.
The environmentalist groups have documented how destructive mining has been poisoning the Philippines’ river system, causing erosion and further deforestation, displacing poor peasants and indigenous tribes from their lands, sources of livelihood and ancestral domains. All for relatively a pittance which also barely trickle down to the mining-affected communities, the environmentalist groups said.
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