{"id":2440,"date":"2015-06-23T10:19:36","date_gmt":"2015-06-23T09:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=2440"},"modified":"2015-11-19T13:01:57","modified_gmt":"2015-11-19T12:01:57","slug":"phillippine-islanders-unite-to-stop-norwegian-firm-mining-their-forests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2015\/06\/phillippine-islanders-unite-to-stop-norwegian-firm-mining-their-forests\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillippine islanders unite to save forests from Norwegian mining firm"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2441\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2441\" style=\"width: 484px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2441\" src=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/provincial_govt_news_featured.jpg\" alt=\"Elected officials from the provinces of Oriental and Occidental Mindoro march towards Calapan City's central business district on June 12, 2015. Image: Provincial Govt of Oriental Mindoro-PIO\" width=\"484\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/provincial_govt_news_featured.jpg 484w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/provincial_govt_news_featured-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 484px) 100vw, 484px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2441\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elected officials from the provinces of Oriental and Occidental Mindoro march towards Calapan City&#8217;s central business district on June 12, 2015. Image: Provincial Govt of Oriental Mindoro-PIO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On June 12 the people of Mindoro island took to the streets to protest the decade long efforts of Norwegian mining firm\u00a0Intex Resources to begin\u00a0large-scale mining in the\u00a0island. A group of over\u00a05,000 residents, environmental groups, indigenous people, local government leaders, business groups, church leaders, the police and \u00a0politicians marched through the streets of the capital Calapan City. They say mining is not part of the island&#8217;s sustainable development agenda, which is based\u00a0on food security and ecotourism. &#8220;The people of Mindoro\u2019s fight against mining sets an example to the Philippines and to the world,&#8221; said Father Edwin Gariguez,\u00a0recipient of Goldman Environmental Prize,\u00a02012. &#8220;The whole world looks to\u00a0us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h6>In Brief<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>Mindoro, whose name means \u201cmine of gold\u201d, \u00a0is situated about 200 kilometres south of Manila.<\/li>\n<li>Intex was given approval\u00a0in 1997 to survey Mindoro, where it discovered\u00a0rich deposits of nickel ore. However relentless opposition from\u00a0NGOs and the local government has halted their progress ever since.<\/li>\n<li>The Philippines\u00a0Department of Environment and Natural Resources\u00a0reinstated Intex&#8217;s\u00a0environmental compliance certificate (after a six\u00a0year ban), clearing the path for the Norwegian mining company to\u00a0proceed\u00a0with its plans to mine 12,000 hectares of Mindoro\u2019s forests.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>In Depth<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>Read the original article &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eco-business.com\/news\/islanders-unite-to-keep-norwegian-miner-off-its-treasures\/\" target=\"_blank\">Islanders unite to keep Norwegian miner off its\u00a0&#8216;treasures<\/a>&#8216; on Eco-Business.<\/li>\n<li>Discover why <a href=\"https:\/\/discovermimaropa.wordpress.com\/2014\/10\/05\/oriental-mindoro-an-emerging-eco-tourism-destination\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mindoro is seen as an emerging ecotourism destination<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>In the Future<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The people of Mindoro\u2019s fight against mining sets an example to the Philippines and to the world,&#8221; says Goldman Prize winner Father Edwin Gariguez<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2441,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[131,16,130,138,14],"tags":[315,314],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Philippine islanders unite to stop Norwegian firm mining forests<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&quot;The people of Mindoro\u2019s fight against mining sets an example to the Philippines and to the world,&quot; says Goldman Prize winner Father Edwin Gariguez\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link 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