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Province of Marinduque reiterates 50-year large-scale mining moratorium

By atm.admin - Posted on August 30th, 2010
(Part of the 7.5 km-long causeway of mine tailings flowing into Calancan Bay. Photo by Alex Felipe found in http://this.org/magazine/2009/05/29/canada-philippines-gold-toxic/)
 
On 26 July, 2010, the provincial board of the Marinduque approved a resolution reiterating the declaration of a 50-year large scale mining moratorium issued in the year 2005, 'so as to avoid further impairment and damage' to their 'affluent island province'.
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People’s Environmental Demands for the new Aquino Administration

By atm.admin - Posted on July 23rd, 2010
The Philippine environment has long suffered from a state of chronic crisis. The ailments afflicting our diverse and rich ecosystems are a reflection of the deeper social and economic inequalities that plague our society and are intimately intertwined with the problems of chronic poverty, hunger, unemployment and landlessness among the people.
 
The Center for Environmental Concerns and Kalikasan People's Network for Environment sponsored a forum on the state of the Philippine environment: Arroyo's legacy, Aquino's burden?. Environmental groups presented their environmental demands for the Aquino administration. 
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