PCIJ WebAlert #4.2009
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27.March.2009
---------------[ PCIJ Investigation )------
MINING IN MOUNT PULAG
Village Folk Resist Illegal Deals, 'Bribes' for Leaders
by Arthur L. Allad-iw and Harley Palangchao
SUMMER is upon us, and in a fortnight, it will be Lent. Very soon,
hordes of Filipinos, mountaineers, nature-lovers, and entire families
will take the traditional trek to Northern Luzon for cooler weather
and better scenery. There they will marvel once more at the beauty of
Mount Pulag, “the playground of the Gods” of the Ibaloi, that has been
visited yet again by Filipino and foreign mining companies.
Our latest report tells of the irregular exploration ventures in Mount
Pulag, that layers of laws have firmly declared off-limits to mining
and all other “economic activities.”
In 1987, then President Corazon Aquino declared Mount Pulag as a
national park. It is the habitat of 33 bird species and a number of
rare flora and fauna in danger of facing extinction.
In 1992, when the National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS)
was implemented, Mount Pulag, as well as the Ambuklao-Binga and Upper
Agno areas, were covered.
The water source and watershed of the dams in Ifugao, Benguet and
Pangasinan, Mount Pulag — the roof of Luzon and the Philippines’s
second highest peak — is also home to the indigenous Ibaloi, Kankanaey
and Kalanguya communities.
This report was written by Baguio City-based reporters Arthur L. Allad-
iw and Harley Palangchao, who received a writing fellowship from the
PCIJ after participating in our seminar-workshop on investigative
reporting.
Read on at http://pcij.org
Post your comments at http://pcij.org/blog/?p=3587
SIDEBAR
'Playground of the Gods'
http://www.pcij.org/stories/2009/pulag4.html#sidebar1
27.March.2009
---------------[ PCIJ Investigation )------
MINING IN MOUNT PULAG
Village Folk Resist Illegal Deals, 'Bribes' for Leaders
by Arthur L. Allad-iw and Harley Palangchao
SUMMER is upon us, and in a fortnight, it will be Lent. Very soon,
hordes of Filipinos, mountaineers, nature-lovers, and entire families
will take the traditional trek to Northern Luzon for cooler weather
and better scenery. There they will marvel once more at the beauty of
Mount Pulag, “the playground of the Gods” of the Ibaloi, that has been
visited yet again by Filipino and foreign mining companies.
Our latest report tells of the irregular exploration ventures in Mount
Pulag, that layers of laws have firmly declared off-limits to mining
and all other “economic activities.”
In 1987, then President Corazon Aquino declared Mount Pulag as a
national park. It is the habitat of 33 bird species and a number of
rare flora and fauna in danger of facing extinction.
In 1992, when the National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS)
was implemented, Mount Pulag, as well as the Ambuklao-Binga and Upper
Agno areas, were covered.
The water source and watershed of the dams in Ifugao, Benguet and
Pangasinan, Mount Pulag — the roof of Luzon and the Philippines’s
second highest peak — is also home to the indigenous Ibaloi, Kankanaey
and Kalanguya communities.
This report was written by Baguio City-based reporters Arthur L. Allad-
iw and Harley Palangchao, who received a writing fellowship from the
PCIJ after participating in our seminar-workshop on investigative
reporting.
Read on at http://pcij.org
Post your comments at http://pcij.org/blog/?p=3587
SIDEBAR
'Playground of the Gods'
http://www.pcij.org/stories/2009/pulag4.html#sidebar1
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