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  • Philippines
  • March 11, 2022 , 11:29am

‘Mining their own business’

‘Mining their own business’

Groups call anew for scrapping of PH mining law

By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Bulatlat.com

MANILA – Environmentalists renewed calls for the repeal of the Philippine mining law and denounced moves to allow new mining applications.

“This law has paved the way for unprecedented plunder of mineral resources in ancestral lands. We are here to make sure that future generations will inherit what we fight for,” Kim Falyao, deputy secretary general of Kabataan para sa Tribung Pilipino, said.

Republic Act No. 7942 (Mining Act of 1995) was aimed to revive the mining industry and attract more foreign investors. However, environmental advocates said that the law caused the “massive plunder of natural resources, destruction of biodiversity, displacement of communities and violations of the collective rights of indigenous peoples over their ancestral domains.”

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