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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.
Described by the late former Department of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Regina Paz L. Lopez as an environmentally destructive project, the multibillion-dollar Tampakan Copper-Gold Project has finally seen the light of day after the biggest and final hurdle to starting the project has been removed. The Mines and Geosciences…