In Kalinga, a mountainous province in the North of the Philippines, an indigenous culture of resistance has safeguarded critical naturescapes since time immemorial. Covered by the 265,487-hectare North Central Cordillera biodiversity corridor, Kalinga’s landscapes are home to at least 319 floral and 150 faunal species, and headwaters to a broader watershed area that nurture pine, tropical, and mossy forests and irrigate heritage rice terraces and other agricultural lands. At

On World Environment Day, communities around the world continue to resist, adapt, and innovate in the face of the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution. The Philippines stands as a striking example of all three. At the same time, the country is taking up the burden to accommodate various proposed solutions—large-scale renewable energy farms, forest carbon projects, and mining for energy transition minerals. At this critical moment, the C

(Koronadal, South Cotabato, May 15, 2026) With environmental impact reports on the controversial Tampakan Copper-Gold Project being withheld from the public, scientists, communities, civil society, and public officials gathered last May 13 to confront the interconnected ecological risks posed by the mine’s continued development. The project straddles the quadri-boundary of the provinces of South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani, and Davao del Sur. “Frontline communities an

Trade, as one of humanity’s oldest and most defining social activities (Curtin, 1984; Frank & Gills, 1993), has shaped and been shaped by power. Today, the global trading system is at a pivotal point. What we are witnessing is not a simple shift, but an active reconstruction, driven by state and corporate powers as they grapple with the converging crises of climate, supply chains, and geopolitical tension. The emerging strategy of “friendshoring” is presented as a pragmatic,