Global Atlas of Environmental Justice. Cagayan black sand mining in shore areas, Luzon, Philippines. Last update: . Ten black sand mining companies operating in the province of Cagayan were suspended, following large negative impacts on coastal communities and the environment. However, illegal mining goes on and …Web
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CAOAYAN, Philippines // Sammy Rosimo, a Roman Catholic priest, followed lorry tread marks to a coastal mine in the northern Philippines, where a pile of fine black sand presided over scenes of a desert apocalypse. ... Mr Recidoro, said large miners were furious at the black-sand mining, which he said was being done mainly by Chinese …Web
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DAGUPAN CITY, Pangasinan, Philippines — A massive offshore black sand mining project that will run for 25 years in Lingayen Gulf has stirred protests from local communities in Pangasinan ...Web
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Black sand mining to be banned in the Philippines. By Dale Benton. May 17, 2020. 2 mins. The senator of the Philippines Leila de Lima plans to ban the extraction of magnetite, commonly known as black sand, with a senate bill.Web
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Everyone needs to rally behind communities that are opposing black sand mining operations in the northern Philippines. This was the urgent call of Father Antonio Labiao, executive secretary of Caritas Philippines, noting that many civil society groups are looking at the activity as "a local issue, not a national concern."Web
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Black sand mining has been "massive" along the Luzon coastline with Chinese miners extracting the mineral with heavy equipment and shipping them out in barges, Probinsyano Ako party-list Rep. Jose "Bonito" Singson Jr. said during a House committee hearing last week. The situation warrants the imposition of a ban against …Web
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Black sand mining The webinar was held as an offshore mining firm is seeking to extract magnetite sand in the Lingayen Gulf, stretching over five coastal towns in Pangasinan province. The Iron Ore ...Web
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OPPOSITION Senator Leila M. de Lima filed a resolution investigating the negative environmental effects of black sand mining in Lingayen Gulf. Proposed Senate Resolution (SR) No. 920, filed on Tuesday, directs the Senate Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change to investigate "the detrimental and disastrous …Web
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April 19, 2022. Stop black sand mining in Zambales: Pangilinan. ZAMBALES -- Vice-presidential aspirant Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan on Tuesday said that black sand mining along the Zambales coastlines must be stopped completely in order to prevent environmental degradation which impacts on farming and the rest of the agriculture sector.Web
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MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines has detained 18 Chinese men on suspicion of illegal black sand mining in Aparri, Cagayan, the justice department said Tuesday, August 6. Authorities say ...Web
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Industry data show black sand mining exists in the Ilocos Region, including Cagayan province, as well as in Leyte. The Ilocos Region faces the South China Sea or the West Philippine Sea that China …Web
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While magnetite or black sand mining is supposed to be banned in the Philippines, the extraction of the said mineral offshore is allowed, he added. "Mining in shoreline is prohibited but ...Web
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We detected a total of twenty black sand mining sites on Luzon Island and InSAR ALOS data reveal that out of the thirteen sites with coherence, nine experienced …Web
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Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has proposed a Senate measure seeking to prohibit black sand mining operations in the country which continue to wreak environmental havoc while placing people's health and livelihood at great peril. De Lima, who chairs the Senate Committee on Social Justice, Welfare and Rural Development, filed Senate Bill ...Web
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"No! Oppose black sand mining!" The crowd gathered at the ungodly hour of 4 a.m. to walk 13 kilometers with their placards and posters to oppose a dredging project of the provincial government, which fisherfolk and environmental groups suspect was a cover for black sand mining despite denials from regional and provincial officials.Web
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Global Atlas of Environmental Justice. Cagayan black sand mining in shore areas, Luzon, Philippines. Last update: . Ten black sand mining …Web
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"No! Oppose black sand mining!" The crowd gathered at the ungodly hour of 4 a.m. to walk 13 kilometers with their placards and posters to oppose a dredging project of the provincial government, which fisherfolk and environmental groups suspect was a cover for black sand mining despite denials from regional and provincial officials.Web
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Black sand mining in the Philippines is regulated and could only be done within specific areas. The Mining Act of 1995 prohibits mining in offshore areas within 500 meters from the mean low tide ...Web
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The MGB granted the MIPC mining claims of 2,300 hectares last September 2020, covering the towns of MacArthur, Javier, and Abuyog. In MacArthur alone, the MIPC has mining claims of about 300 hectares …Web
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Description of the conflict case. MacArthur, a town endowed with rich fertile lands and a lake is threatened by black sand mining. As a result of the mining activities, 70 hectares of irrigated rice fields have been turned into a wasteland. While some companies, such as the Nicua Mining Corporation, held an official permit to mine black …Web
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Illegal black sand or magnetite mining may soon be a thing of the past for the province if this new government program called the Cagayan River Rehabilitation Project (CRRP) succeeds.Web
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Aparri residents and fisherfolks, however, claim that the large-scale dredging operation "is not just a river rehabilitation project but a black sand mining operation." Geric Umoso, a 24-year old fisherman, claimed the dredger vessels "are operating not just in the Cagayan River but also at sea" – in the Babuyan channel.Web
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Singson, chairman of the House Committee on Public Accounts, said the bill will put an end to the country's 'generosity' to other countries, particularly China, that has been mining black sand from various parts of the Philippines, process the raw form of the substance in their countries then import the finish products back then return ...Web
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A Catholic bishop in the northern Philippines has urged Catholics to oppose black sand mining following the release of a study, which says coastal communities in the region are slowly sinking. The study, conducted by the State University of New York and the University of California, revealed that several areas in the northern Philippines "are ...Web
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MANILA, Philippines — Former Pangasinan governor Amado Espino Jr. and other provincial government officials have been acquitted from graft charges that stemmed from the black sand mining ...Web
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The MGB under Duterte says it will conduct a thorough review of black sand mining, finishing what the government of Benigno Aquino III started in its crackdown on miners that violate environmental ...Web
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Ban on black sand mining In 2019, jailed opposition Senator Leila de Lima proposed a measure to prohibit black sand mining operations in the Philippines, which according to her, "continue to wreak environmental havoc while placing people's health and livelihood at great peril."Web
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BLACK SAND MINING. Senate Bill No. 1075, 18th Congress of the Republic. Long Title. AN ACT PROHIBITING BLACK SAND MINING IN THE PHILIPPINES, PROVIDING PENALTIES THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. Short Title. ANTI- BLACK SAND MINING ACT. Author. DE LIMA, LEILA M. Date filed. September 26, 2019.Web
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Department of Justice Secretary Leila M. De Lima confirmed that two successive operations were undertaken last August 1 and 3 in Cagayan and Ilocos Sur, respectively, against illegal black sand mining through the joint efforts of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB), under the …Web
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Magnetite or black sand mining is supposed to be banned in the Philippines, but Moncano explained that the extraction of the said mineral offshore is allowed. He said, "Mining in shoreline is prohibited …Web
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