THE Supreme Court has issued a writ of kalikasan against the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and mining operators in Mount Mantalingahan, Palawan after it found the possibility that mining projects in the area are causing serious and irreversible harm to the environment and the inhabitants of Brooke's Point, located in the said mountain range.

During deliberations on August 15, the Supreme Court en banc resolved to grant the petition for writ of kalikasan, under the rules of procedure for environmental cases, filed by the Indigenous Cultural Communities (ICCs) of Bicamm Ancestral Domain in Brooke's Point, Palawan, against the DENR, the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB), Ipilan Nickel Corp. (INC), and Celestial Nickel Mining and Exploration Corp. (Celestial Mining).