Ecological Integrity

Research and Development to Accelerate Climate Action

Research and Development to Accelerate Climate Action

by: Fr Joel E. Tabora, S.J. | 2 February 2023 I have been asked to comment on Research and Development to Accelerate Climate Action. Presumably:  Based on recognition of the climate emergency in the World.  The last seven years were the warmest years on...

An open letter to the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of South Cotabato

An open letter to the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of South Cotabato

The Provincial Board of South Cotabato is set to deliberate on Section 22 of the Envi Code next week. It (ban on open pit mining) faces the peril of being lifted to give way for the full operation of the SMI Gold Copper Tampakan Project. We earnestly appeal to the...

DACS Advocacy Statement on Mapagba River mining incident.

DACS Advocacy Statement on Mapagba River mining incident.

Heeding the call of Laudato Si to listen to the cry of the poor and the cry of the earth and as an ecowarrior, We strongly condemn those responsible in killing Mapagba River, in Barangay Maputi, Banaybanay, Davao Oriental. While this may be caused by heavy siltation,...

DACS Organizes Laudato Si Ecowarriors

DACS Organizes Laudato Si Ecowarriors

On the 24th of May 2015, Pope Francis promulgated “Laudato Si: On Care of our Common Home,” an encyclical that reminds us of our responsibility to care for our world and not steal resources from future generations. It speaks of the intrinsic value of all creatures,...

DACS Disaster Response Protocol

DACS Disaster Response Protocol

Based on the discussion last July 5, 2018 by CIP-JEEPGY TWG on Disaster Response Rationale:  With the disasters and calamities that have affected us for the last couple of years starting with Typhoon Pablo back in December 2012 and most recently, Typhoon Vinta...

Unity Statement for Tampakan 2020

Unity Statement for Tampakan 2020

Unity Statement re: Tampakan Mining Project Protect Tampakan… Defend Mindanao: SMI Tampakan, Leave MindaNOW We are one with the peoples of Mindanao and as the Filipino people, united in faith that calls for ecological justice and integrity.   We vigorously...

Documents

A Primer on the Tampakan Mines and the Mindanao Ecology

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Encyclical Letter Laudato Si of the Holy Father Francis on Care for our Common Home

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RA 7942
Philippine Mining Act

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Positions

Research and Development to Accelerate Climate Action

by: Fr Joel E. Tabora, S.J. | 2 February 2023 I have been asked to comment on Research and Development to Accelerate Climate Action. Presumably:  Based on recognition of the climate emergency in the World.  The last seven years were the warmest years on...

An open letter to the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of South Cotabato

The Provincial Board of South Cotabato is set to deliberate on Section 22 of the Envi Code next week. It (ban on open pit mining) faces the peril of being lifted to give way for the full operation of the SMI Gold Copper Tampakan Project. We earnestly appeal to the...

DACS Advocacy Statement on Mapagba River mining incident.

Heeding the call of Laudato Si to listen to the cry of the poor and the cry of the earth and as an ecowarrior, We strongly condemn those responsible in killing Mapagba River, in Barangay Maputi, Banaybanay, Davao Oriental. While this may be caused by heavy siltation,...

DACS Organizes Laudato Si Ecowarriors

On the 24th of May 2015, Pope Francis promulgated “Laudato Si: On Care of our Common Home,” an encyclical that reminds us of our responsibility to care for our world and not steal resources from future generations. It speaks of the intrinsic value of all creatures,...