INTEX RESOURCES and MINDORO OPPOSITION

“The Mindoro Nickel Project is one case where sustainability is bound to fail . . . President Arroyo is fully aware of the situation . . . what does it gain the nation to be short sighted and merely think of money, when an irreparable damage to the environment will cost human lives, health and livelihood capacity of our farmers and fisherfolks endangering the food security of our people.” Former DENR Secretary HEHERSON ALVAREZ

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT TO FOLLOWERS OF THIS BLOG SITE

Posted by earthjedi
Sunday, November 22, 2009

This is Fr. Edu Gariguez signing off indefinitely from keeping this blog going.

We are now on the 7th day of our Hunger Strike, and the grueling experience of not taking solid food is taking its toll on me personally, and I am starting to feel weakening of my body functions. Hence, I will not be able to update this site.

Many hunger strikers have crossed the threshold of pain that they can endure, and many have given up.

But there are four of us who are determined to continue until the illegal ECC is cancelled. And we will settle for no less!

Please keep praying for us.

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This blog site is intended to serve as venue for updates and information channel for the campaign against the large-scale mining projects in Mindoro, primarily of INTEX Resources.

As Christians committed to our vision to promote life, justice and equity in ecologically sustainable communities, we believe that environment should never be sacrificed - that “an economy respectful of the environment will not have the maximization of profit as its only objective, because environmental protection cannot be assured solely on the basis of financial calculations of cost and benefits. The environment is one of those goods that cannot be adequately safeguarded or promoted by market forces.” (John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Centesimus Annus, 40)

SOME OF THE IMPORTANT REASONS WHY WE OPPOSE INTEX MINING

1. CRITICAL WATERSHED AREA SHOULD BE A “NO GO ZONE” FOR MINING
2. LGUs HAVE THE RIGHT TO VETO MINING BY ENFORCING THE MINING MORATORIUM
3. RISK OF EROSION, FLOODING, SILTATION TO AGRICULTURAL AND RESIDENTIAL AREAS
4. MINING THREATENS FOOD SECURITY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROVINCE
5. THE MINESITE OVERLAPS WITH THE ANCESTRAL DOMAINS OF THE MANGYANS, WHOSE CONSENT WAS SECURED DECEPTIVELY
6. GOVERNMENT’S OVERLY GENEROUS TAX INCENTIVES AND INEQUITABLE SHARING OF BENEFITS
7. DISREPUTABLE TRACK RECORD OF CORPORATE MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AND DESTRUCTION OF ENVIRONMENT IN OTHER MINING AFFECTED COMMUNITIES
8. ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS OF TAILING DAMS AND RESIDUE STORAGE FACILITY
9. HABITAT LOSS AND DISTURBANCE OF BIODIVERSITY
10. SELECTIVE IDENTIFICATION OF DIRECT AND INDIRECT IMPACT AREAS, DISREGARDING IMPACTS TO FLOOD-PRONE COMMUNITIES OF CALAPAN AND NAUJAN

INTEX RESOURCES and MINDORO OPPOSITION

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SAVE MINDORO, STOP INTEX MINING AND OTHER LARGE SCALE MINING PROJECTS!

NO TO MINING, YES TO FOOD SECURITY

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