Village officials in two South Cotabato towns were instructed to intensify their monitoring activities in a bid to lick the destructive sluice mining, locally called “banlas,” and other illegal mining operations.
EO 28 states that banlas, as a means of mining, is destructive since it is using high-pressure water jets to dislodge or move sediments, which have a devastating effect on the environment including siltation and mercury contamination.
http://www.mindanews.com/environment/mining/2011/12/18/villages-with-illegal-mining-ops-ordered-to-intensify-monitoring/
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