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Environmental group flags risks in Philippine critical-minerals mining push

Policy brief raises concerns over mining approvals, Indigenous rights, environmental safeguards and community participation under Executive Order 122

Civil society presses AIIB to tighten climate, community safeguards

Civil society groups say AIIB’s next decade should give affected communities greater protection, participation and access to remedy

Conservation projects lead documented rights violations against Indigenous Peoples

Indigenous rights group says conservation projects accounted for nearly four in 10 documented project-related abuses against Indigenous communities

Indigenous groups warn mining, energy projects risk repeating Martial Law-era abuses

Indigenous communities warned that mining, energy and critical-minerals projects could deepen displacement, land conflicts and rights violations nationwide

Indigenous land defender acquitted of cyberlibel as community faces 292 other...

Ruling clears Angelica Nasiron of two charges while Molbog families continue pursuing ancestral-domain claims and facing criminal cases

Anti-mining arrests in northern Philippines prompt calls for justice, dialogue

Church leaders urged authorities to respect rights, review mining safeguards and pursue dialogue amid tensions in Nueva Vizcaya

Philippine Protestant bishops condemn ‘harassment’ of environmental defenders after Nueva Vizcaya...

Three Kasibu residents were freed on bail as church leaders challenged alleged SLAPPs and demanded protection for defenders

Three environmental defenders arrested at Nueva Vizcaya anti-mining barricade

Rights groups say arrests add to mounting legal pressure on communities resisting mineral exploration across Nueva Vizcaya province

Indigenous rights group warns against weaker safeguards in new FPIC rules

Rights advocates say rushed consent procedures could deepen conflicts over ancestral lands as mining and energy expansion accelerates

Philippine Protestant Church warns Pax Silica could threaten Indigenous lands, strain...

Faith leaders raised concerns over land, resource use and corporate power as the country pursues an AI-driven strategy

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