Open Pit Ban In South Cotabato, Philippines A People's Victory

Open Pit Ban In South Cotabato, Philippines A People's Victory   Environment groups, church, indigenous peoples and civil society organizations claim victory with the signing of the South Cotabato Provincial Environment Code by out going governor Daisy Avance-Fuentes. The code will ban open pit mining method elsewhere in the province.   “It is a victory of the people” said spokesperson Sr. Susan Bolanio, OND of SOCSKSARGEN CAN (Climate Action Now), a broad coalition of church, indigenous...

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