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ECC issuance is once again Profit for the Privileged Few over General Welfare

The issuance of Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC) to Sagittarius Mines Incorporated (SMI-Xstrata) for the Tampakan Copper-Gold Project, albeit not surprising, is but further proof of Government’s bias towards corporate and business interests, and against the welfare of its people and peoples, whom it is duty-bound to serve. The Administration reveals its bias for profit, choosing and prioritizing this, over general welfare, food security, public health, environmental preservation, local autonomy, national sovereignty, and its indigenous population’s fundamental right to a life of dignity. Read more

In solidarity

We sympathize and are in solidarity with our partner communities and residents of Mindanao as they once more recover from the devastation of typhoon Pablo. The Center reiterates its caution and temperance against large-scale mining, logging, agribusiness expansion and development projects that all too often put the environment and the peoples at greater risk. Read more

Congratulations, Justice Leonen!

The women and men of the Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center – Kasama sa Kalikasan FOE, with profound honor and pride, congratulate its founding Board Member and former Executive Director Dean Marvic M.V.F. Leonen on his appointment as Associate Justice to the Supreme Court of the Philippines. Marvic co-founded LRC-KsK in 1987 along with Gus Gatmaytan and Nonette Royo. As Executive Director, he led the Center for fifteen years in the service of indigenous communities. He was a visionary, the driving force that guided the Center in its work towards meaningful freedoms. And continued to do so as Board Member and mentor to all those who have become part of the Center. Read more

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AMMB: First Quarter Salvo

First quarter activities for AMMB (Alternative Minerals Management Bill) is laying the ground for a sustained and intensified AMMB lobby work when the 16^th Congress opens. The preparatory efforts included AMMB briefings, Regional Campaign Center (RCC) planning and strategizing, continuing constituency building and networking strengthening and expansion.

AMMB briefings were conducted from February to March in SoCSKSARGEN, Zamboanga Peninsula, Cagayan de Oro-Misamis Oriental, Bukidnon, and Zambonga del Norte. Participants were people’s organizations, CSOs, Indigenous peoples, women and indigenous women, youth, church groups, local government units and government agencies. The briefings help deepen their understanding and appreciation of the salient points of the bill and helped clarify contentious issues as well. Read more

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Call for Papers: PHILNAJUR

The Philippine Natural Resources Law Journal (PhilNaJur) invites the submission of articles for publication in the Journal’s Volume 14 No. 1 issue. The deadline for submission is on July 31, 2013.

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Chronicles of Human Rights Violations and Continuing Struggle in Didipio, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines

WOMEN RESISTERS - Voices of Women Against Large Scale Mining

Guatemalan women protest human rights abuses at Hidralia’s headquarters in Galicia

by Radio Mundo Real — last modified May 02, 2013 11:33 AM

During an intense tour through Europe, women activists from Guatemalan environmentalist and feminist organizations arrived in Galicia, Spain, where they participated in an action to denounce transnational company Hidralia Energía SA, responsible for human rights violations in Santa Cruz Barillas in Guatemala.

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Cases questioning Mining Act constitutionality to be debated before Supreme Court

What: Oral Arguments

When: 16 April 2013 (Tuesday)

What time: 2:00 PM Where: Supreme Court, Baguio City