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The Philippines’ watersheds are essential for regulating the country’s water supply and quality, supporting ecosystems and mitigating floods and droughts. However, a recent study finds that more than half of these vital basins are susceptible to environmental risks such as large-scale mining and infrastructure development, leading activists to call on the government to implement stronger […]
‘Watersheds receiving protective status have proven to be difficult in practice,’ a recent report from policy think tank Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center reads
Karapatan Cagayan Valley says friends and former colleagues are concerned for the safety of youth activists Michael Cedrick Casaño and Patricia Nicole Cierva
DARAITAN, Philippines — Members of the Indigenous Dumagat-Remontado, young and old alike, stood out against the greenery in their traditional red loincloth and tapis. On a scorching Good Friday morning, their brows were knit, their footsteps quiet yet firmly grounded, as they wound through the Tinipak River in the Philippines’ Sierra Madre Mountain Range. After […]
Will opening up natural resources to foreign-owned and large-scale mining boost the Philippine economy? For the government, the answer is yes. For environmental defenders, the answer is no.