Church Leads Campaign To Stop Mining In Protected Area - Philippines; Environment
12/2/08
Residents carrying placards rallied in the village of Ipilan to protest against large-scale mining in Palawan. About 1,000 residents of the village under the municipality of Brooke’s Point, 580 kilometers southwest of Manila on Palawan Island, demonstrated Jan. 31 carrying banners saying “No to Mining” and “Yes We Have Money Now But What If Our Conscience Bothers Us Tomorrow.” They signed a petition against two large corporations now mining in their area, whose operations they fear may destroy the village’s river and watershed areas. The area is supposed to be a Core Zone, or “No Touch” zone, under Republic Act 7611, the Strategic Environmental Plan (SEP) Act for Palawan.
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