Geological Exploration, Responsible Mining and Ecological Restoration in the Philippines: Expectations and Possibilities

IF 0.4 4区环境科学与生态学 Q4 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Journal of Environmental Science and Management Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI:10.47125/jesam/2021_2/08

G. Yumul, C. Dimalanta, D. Faustino-Eslava, Ferdinand T. Jumawan

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Abstract

The 2012 passage of Executive Order 79 in the Philippines literally stopped the granting of new mineral agreements by the Government to private companies. It put a stop to the full implementation of the 1995 Mining Act that resulted into the drying up of investment in the Mining Industry. This is bound to change with the 2021 signing of Executive Order 130 which allows the Government to enter into new mineral agreements with mining companies. With this development, old issues against the Mining Industry are being re-hashed. Environmental degradation, loss of ecological systems, suppression of the communities’ voices in charting their future and fair share from the mining revenue for the country are some of these issues. This paper intends to show that exploration and mining can be done responsibly and ethically that do not run counter to the protection of the environment and respect of the rights of the communities. Given the chance, the Mining Industry can be a positive factor in the country’s development drive.

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菲律宾的地质勘探、负责任的采矿和生态恢复：期望和可能性

菲律宾2012年通过的第79号行政命令实际上停止了政府向私营公司颁发新的矿产协议。它阻止了1995年《采矿法》的全面执行，导致对采矿业的投资枯竭。随着2021年第130号行政命令的签署，这种情况势必会发生变化，该命令允许政府与矿业公司签订新的矿产协议。随着这一事态的发展，针对采矿业的老问题正在被重新讨论。这些问题包括环境恶化、生态系统丧失、社区在规划未来时的声音受到压制，以及国家矿业收入的公平分配。本文旨在表明，勘探和采矿可以在不违背环境保护和尊重社区权利的情况下，以负责任和合乎道德的方式进行。如果有机会，采矿业可以成为推动国家发展的积极因素。

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Journal of Environmental Science and Management ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES-

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0.90

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2 months

期刊介绍： The Journal of Environmental Science and Management (JESAM) is an international scientific journal produced semi-annually by the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB). JESAM gives particular premium to manuscript submissions that employ integrated methods resulting to analyses that provide new insights in environmental science, particularly in the areas of: environmental planning and management; protected areas development, planning, and management; community-based resources management; environmental chemistry and toxicology; environmental restoration; social theory and environment; and environmental security and management.