references for illegal mining in the Philippines

1. Mining Industry in the Philippines has been a controversial issue
once again, as the Department of Environment and Natural
Resources (DENR) secretary Gina Lopez advocates the total ban of
mining for responsible and sustainable mining in the country.
Mining in the Philippines has been known early as year 1521. The
Philippines is actually the fifth most mineral-rich country in the
world for copper, nickel, gold and chromite. This has been a home
to the largest copper-gold deposit in the world. According to
Mines and Geo-sciences Bureau the country has $840 billion worth
untapped mineral wealth.
All regions, except NCR and ARMM allow mining operations. About
30 hectares of land areas in the country is deemed as possible
areas for metallic minerals. The labor of department statistics shows
that the mining in the country has created 211,000 jobs in 2011
alone.
The total ban of mining rests on the fact that mining activities has
a destructive effect on natural resource, like the destruction of the
natural habitat of different animal species. The dumping of
chemicals in the mining could also pollute the other areas near the
mining sites.
https://www.change.org/p/denr-illegal-mining-in-the-philippines

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