Montallana said the public officials “must be held accountable” for the cutting of trees and the destruction of the mountain
Nangangamba ang mga pamilya na bukod sa kani-kanilang tirahan ay walang kasiguraduhan sa kanilang malilipatan at kabuhayan
Several groups claimed that the signatories to the agreement were “pre-selected” and a significant number of indigenous communities were not consulted and excluded from the negotiations.
The group called on the concerned agencies to postpone the talks and “respect the collective decision-making process” of the indigenous communities.
Under the proposed law, the ICC/IP shall be paid not more than 2% of the gross output of minerals produced from the ancestral domain
Earlier this month, the Department of Health said that TVI had not yet submitted the required HIA for its planned third coal plant
Global Witness pointed out that “more environmental defenders have been killed in the country than anywhere else in the region over the past 11 years.”
Mainstreaming L&D will likely take years, even decades, given various challenges that also make popularizing climate change difficult
Data from Kalikasan PNE indicates even graver figures, with 21 defenders killed and 11 abductions of 19 defenders reported.