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Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center says the national government is required to conduct local consultation and secure prior consent for every environmentally critical project

Nonprofit organization Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center (LRC) filed a petition for certiorari seeking the reversal of the Financial or Technical Assistance Agreement (FTAA) issued to OceanaGold Philippines Inc. (OGPI). LRC filed the petition before the Bayombong Regional Trial Court on behalf of Nueva Vizcaya stakeholders last Monday. The…

IN a groundbreaking move, a bill aiming to establish a legal framework for climate loss and damage accountability, the first of its kind globally, was filed in the House of Representatives. House Bill 9609, or the proposed Climate Accountability (CLIMA) Act, was filed on Wednesday by Bohol Rep. Edgar Chatto,…

For thousands of years, the Filipino Dumagat-Remontados Indigenous people have cultivated their lands on the Sierra Madre mountain range. Soon, hundreds of hectares of their forests could be swallowed by a major new river dam.

Dam planned to avert water crisis in Philippine capital Kaliwa Dam would flood indigenous mountain land Critics urge officials to explore other options

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Tampakan LGU revokes mining firm’s mayor permit

“More than two decades in the making, the landmark case is a cautionary tale on how the Mining Act of 1995 and related policies have been lacking teeth and biased toward big businesses and their political sponsors.”