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Mining as a Women’s Issue*

This article discusses gender issues related to mining as well as makes concrete proposals for anchoring a legislative bill on mining...

Study urges new law for energy transition metals in PH

A new study by the Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center (LRC) found the need for a new mining law that will regulate the management...

Five years on, the pursuit for justice endures for the TAMASCO 8

Datu Victor Danyan, the former chieftain of the T'boli-Manobo people who was slain along with seven others amid their opposition to...

SIPA 2022 Report launched: Half of ancestral domains found under environmental threat

Legal and policy research institution Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center (LRC) has launched the 2022 State of the Indigenous...

T'boli-Manobo community leapfrogs to renewable energy

The climate crisis requires the overhauling of the world’s energy systems. Poor countries like the Philippines, which have the least...

In historic decision, court awards damages to Marcopper survivors

The Marcopper Mining Project in Marinduque. In a landmark decision decades in the making, a local court in Marinduque has ruled in favor...

South Cotabato local council upholds ban on open-pit mining

Tampakan, South Cotabato. The Provincial Development Council (PDC) of South Cotabato has issued a resolution upholding the ban on...

Angel Aquino, Iana Bernardez team up for IP rights

Celebrity mother-daughter duo Angel Aquino and Iana Bernardez, known for their thespian skills as much as their advocacies, have joined...

Statement on MOA signing for Kaliwa project

Members of the Stop Kaliwa Dam Network during a press conference in 2019. Credit: Stop Kaliwa Dam Network. A memorandum of agreement...

New Publication: Climate Litigation

Climate change litigation, or simply “climate litigation,” has been growing in importance over the past decades. This becomes especially...