ZAMBOANGA CITY: A satellite photo of the southern Philippine island of Tumbagaan in Tawi-Tawi’s Languyan town shows the devastation caused by nickel mining there.
WHAT’S LEFT A Google Maps satellite photo of Tumbagaan Island in Tawi-Tawi’s Languyan town shows how the island has been devastated by nickel mining. Tumbagaan was once covered by thick vegetation. PHOTO BY AL JACINTO