“In order to protect the national resources of the country and avoid Sendong like disasters government should scrap the policies and laws like Mining Act of 1995 and the Forestry Code of 1975 with more stringent, pro-people and pro-environment laws.”
Campaigners and anti- mining advocates in Philippines have been protesting against liberalized large-scale mining due to waster spilling, denudation of forests, depletion of aquatic resources and other possible affects to the ecosystem caused by the process. According to environmentalists sluice mining, locally called “banlas,”is destructive for environment because siltation and mercury contamination.
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