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PHILIPPINE PHILIPPINE MINING MINING SITUATIONSITUATION
PHPH IS RICH IN IS RICH IN
9M Ha or 30% of total land area has metallic mineral deposits
5th mineralized country in the world
3rd in gold, 4th in copper 5th in nickel
P47 trillion estimated industry worth (NEDA, 2004)
MINERAL MINERAL RESOURCESRESOURCES
Modernization and mechanization of agriculture
Metals and minerals as resource base for industrializationElectronicsPrecision instrumentsMachine toolsAutomobilesInfrastructure
MININGMINING IS VITAL IS VITALTO DEVELOPMENTTO DEVELOPMENT
BUT..BUT....
PH MINING IS...PH MINING IS...Mainly extractiveExport-orientedDominated by
TNCs and local mining elite
Dependent on foreign capital and technologies
Exploration
Mine Development
Extraction
Initial Processing
Refining &Smelting
Fabricating
100% foreign ownership for biggest mining agreement (FTAA) over 81,000 ha over 25 years, renewable for 25 years
Investment guarantees such as confidentiality of information, repatriation of capital
Auxiliary rights such as water, timber, easement rights, entry into private lands
RA 7942RA 7942MINING ACT OF 1995MINING ACT OF 1995
Mining Mining liberalizationliberalizationat a at a
glanceglance
1.2% contribution of mining to GDP
0.6% of total workforce employed by mining, or only over 230,000 workers
P22.33 Billion total exports of minerals & mineral products
P393.9 Million total taxes, fees and royalties collected
(source: DENR-MGB Q2 2011 statistics)
ECONOMICECONOMIC CONTRIBUTIONS MINIMAL CONTRIBUTIONS MINIMAL
Pollution of upland, agricultural, aquatic ecosystems with acid mine drainage, laterite and other spills (Claver, Rapu-Rapu, Marinduque)
Forest cover loss in critical watersheds and biodiversity areas (Mining companies exemption from EO 23 or total log ban)
21 Abandoned mines replete with hazardous wastes
ECOLOGICALECOLOGICALDESTRUCTION DESTRUCTION WIDESPREADWIDESPREAD
Economic dislocation through decreasing productivity and income on mining-affected peasants, fisherfolk and small-scale miners
Community impacts such as land-grabbing, increased poverty incidence, disaster vulnerability, etc.
Health impacts such as water contamination, skin diseases, respiratory diseases, etc.
SOCIALSOCIAL IMPACTS EXTENSIVEIMPACTS EXTENSIVE
36 recorded cases of anti-mining activist killings since 2001, 7 this 2011
Harassment to discourage public opposition (SLAPP on CEC-Phils, red-baiting on MEM)
Militarization of communities and advocates through SCAAs, continuation of IDFs, approved by Aquino this 2011
HUMAN HUMAN RIGHTSRIGHTSVIOLATIONS BY MININGVIOLATIONS BY MINING
GREENGREENWASHWASH
P2 Billion/year supposedly spent for environmental CSR programs by corporations that have track record of mining disasters (Philex in Negros, TVI-RD in Zamboanga, Rio Tuba, etc.)
Massive PR with billions spent in TVCs, print ads and events communicating misleading information
P2.6 billion spent by SMI in CSR, employment, taxes, operational costs and social service investments
What is to be What is to be done?done?
Monitoring Education and information Scientific researches Organizing and alliances
Community-based POs Sectoral and national
formations Legislative lobbying
Provincial resolutions People's Mining Bill
PEOPLE'SPEOPLE'SSTRUGGLE!STRUGGLE!
Legal actions Cases vs. HRVs, tax evasion Writ of Kalikasan, EPO/TEPO
Protest actions and mobilizations National: SC, DENR, Mining
TNCs activities Regional/Provincial: LGUs and
mining project areas Municipal: mining companies
International lobbying
PEOPLE'SPEOPLE'SSTRUGGLE!STRUGGLE!
Mining moratorium on new large-scale mining projects
Repeal the Mining Act of 1995 Pass the People's Mining Bill Defend our Patrimony, respect
our rights and sovereignty! Genuine agrarian reform and
national industrialization
OUR OUR CALLSCALLS
MARAMING SALAMAT!MARAMING SALAMAT!GO OUT AND JOIN THE GO OUT AND JOIN THE STRUGGLE.STRUGGLE.