Please Help "No To Mining In Palawan" Signature Campaign

The Province of Palawan was identified to be the Philippines's Last Ecological Frontier, making up 40% of the country's remaining mangrove areas, 30% of the country's coral reefs, and the habitat for at least 17 of our country's key biodiversities. Palawan also has 2 world heritage sites as declared by UNESCO and 8 areas declared to be protected by the Philippine national government. Palawan is simply a beauty unmatched by any province in the country for its rich variety of flora and fauna. Palawan indeed is the center for eco-tourism in the country.

But as mining industry starting to boom in the Province of Palawan, these God's given natural beauty of Palawan is in big danger of being destroyed. As the local government continues to grant mining permits, it is afraid that the mountains of Palawan will be converted to mining zones. Lots of trees and forests cut down, sources of water are polluted, ancestral lands are converted to mining zones with local residents being ignored. 

Palawenos don't need mining! eco-tourism and their rich natural resources are more than enough for their livelihood. Right now, they are appealing to the local government of Palawan and the Philippine Government to stop and completely eradicate mining in Palawan to save the Philippine's Last Ecological Frontier.

As Filipino people, we also need to do our part in this advocacy, this time by lending our signature, so that we can accumulate 10,000,000 real signatures to save Palawan. Whether we lived in Palawan or not, whether you are in the Philippine or now leaving abroad, as long as the blood of a true Filipino flows on your veins, you must participate for this once in a lifetime advocacy to save our environment.

Visit No2Mining in Palawan to take part of this advocacy.

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