A 42-hectare portion the abandoned, heavily-polluted Bagacay Mine in Western Samar has been declared “successfully replanted,” after a six-year project by the Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau (ERDB) and the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB).

The joint project of ERDB and MGB called “An Integrated Science-Based approach in the rehabilitation of mined-out and waste dump areas at Bagacay, Hinabangan, Samar” started in 2009 in the mined-out area of Bagacay, a 2,672 hectare former copper and pyrite area.

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