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EO 130 lifting moratorium on mining 'disconcerting': envi group
Statement of the SOS Yamang Bayan Network on the Issuance of E.O. 130 Months after the pandemic struck, the Department of Environment and...
Apr 16, 20212 min read


Marcopper disaster 25 years on: Mamerto Lanete
Mamerto Lanete. Credit: http://rtnobleza.weebly.com/about.html Fisherman Mamerto Lanete calls vitamins his “maintenance medicines.” At 69...
Mar 26, 20212 min read


Groups decry issuance of NCIP permit for the potentially calamitous Tampakan mining project
Tampakan, South Cotabato. Photo: JM Ferraris Several non-governmental organizations and scientific research institutions were alarmed at...
Nov 19, 20203 min read


Asian Network pushes for stronger TNC regulations at the UN amidst pandemic
Photo: Friends of the Earth - Asia Pacific Amidst the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, the negotiations towards a legally...
Oct 30, 20204 min read


Mammoth Tampakan project hits snag as local court upholds ban on open-pit mining
Tampakan, South Cotabato. A local court has thrown out a motion to invalidate a local environmental code that bans open-pit mining in the...
Oct 15, 20204 min read


LRC files petition on behalf of indigenous peoples against Anti-Terrorism Law
LRC files petition on behalf of indigenous peoples at the Supreme Court, in Manila, on 7 August 2020. A group of indigenous and Moro...
Aug 8, 20203 min read


Grace Poe files alternative mining bill
Photo: Facebook Page - Senator Grace Poe Senator Grace Poe has filed the Philippine Mineral Resources Act[i], which seeks to usher in an...
Jul 8, 20202 min read
Statement on the Anti-Terrorism Bill
“Assuming that the benefit of utilitarian punishment is a net increase in public safety, many do not mind that the cost is excessive...
Jun 17, 20208 min read


New paper on impacts of govt's human security framework on IP rights
LRC's new paper analyzes to what extent the concept of human security as used by the Philippine government makes indigenous cultural...
Jun 8, 20202 min read
On Earth Day, Global CSOs condemn violent dispersal of IPs mining barricade in the Philippines
22 April 2020, Manila - Ottawa – Over two hundred NGOs from the Philippines and across the world have signed a statement condemning...
Apr 24, 20203 min read
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