Lifting of mining ban a poor decision

by The Manila Times

Jan 08, 2022 12:15 am

THE recent end to the four-year ban on open-pit mining in the Philippines is a tremendous disappointment. In spite of hollow promises that 'adequate safeguards' and 'strict regulation' will prevent harm, the decision elevates the risk of large-scale environmental and social damage almost to the point of inevitability, and completely fails to read the room when it comes to public opinion on the issue of mining.

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