The co-coordinator of the United Nations’ Environment Programme’s artisanal and small-scale mining partnership lead expressed her admiration to the small scale miners in the Philippine province of Kalinga for their efforts in doing away with mercury use in small scale mining in the province.
Susan Egan Keane, a senior environmental analyst from the New York-based Natural Resources Defence Council, one of the leading environmental groups in the United States, even called the Kalinga small-scale miners ‘pioneers’ as she addressed the participants of the Kalinga Provincial Summit on Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining held in Tabuk City.
“It will be difficult and you will face many challenges because you are pioneers. You lead and pave the way for the better future of your children and your province,” Keane said in a statement sent to the Mindanao Examiner by the nongovernmental environmental organization Ban Toxics.
It said She lauded the efforts of the small-scale miners in pushing for mercury-free mining practice in the province. The use of mercury was banned in the province since 2012.
http://www.mindanaoexaminer.com/news.php?news_id=20130608102255
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