Read more about this analysis in the 2024 edition of the Philippine Natural Resources Law Journal bit.ly/3CW5p7U
#TheFutureIsIndigenous

Upholding Free Prior and Informed Consent, resolving land tenure conflicts, and affirming customary governance systems are essential to finally fulfill the promise of the IPRA and secure a just and sustainable future.

Ancestral domains, which sustain water, food, biodiversity, and climate for millions of Filipinos by safeguarding the country’s last remaining forests, are undermined by mining, plantation, and energy projects enabled by the prevailing Regalian Doctrine.

coming from a review of 23 judicial cases and 7 case submissions to the Commission on Human Rights that have shaped the IPRA since its passage in 1997.

This is reflected in the analysis of Attys. Yasmin Hatta, Joy Reyes, and E.M. Taqueban of the country’s legal framework governing Indigenous Peoples’ rights,

However, despite the presence of an enabling law and a government body to oversee its implementation, constitutional protections for indigenous communities continue to be undermined by laws and orders that perpetuate colonial logics of globalization and development aggression.

“The culpability of those who have contributed the most to–and earned the most from–this planetary catastrophe is long overdue,” said Atty. Roset.

The campaign in support of The Odette Case was initiated together with Greenpeace Philippines, Philippine Movement for Climate Justice, and Uplift UK.

Senior Legal Fellow Atty. Ryan Roset said: “as world leaders dawdle with just transition in their gilded offices, it is the fisherfolk, the indigenous cultural communities, the farmers, women and children, low-income and vulnerable communities, who are left to grapple with its devastating effects.”

The Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center / Friends of the Earth Philippines supported climate survivors of Super Typhoon Odette who have just issued a notice to sue to British oil giant Shell, one of the world’s biggest fossil fuel corporations, over their role in driving the climate crisis.

We urge the Office of the President to compel the DENR to revise its FOI Manual and allow the disclosure of reports and studies related to mining and other exploration projects.

Read the petition: www.lrcksk.org/post/a-call-...

Here are excerpts from the reportage of Rappler's Iya Gozum on the encroachment of coal mining linked to San Miguel Corporation into the Lumad tribe's long-contested ancestral domain.

Read the full story here: www.rappler.com/newsbreak/in...
#CoalFree #TheFutureIsIndigenous

We urge the Philippine government to support just energy transition initiatives such as the Taboli Manobo solar villages, and keep indigenous territories and vital landscapes #CoalFree!

"Coal mining represents the worst driver of the climate crisis as it perpetuates not only the continued production and consumption of fossil fuel that causes global heating, but also destroys forest carbon sinks and worsens the flooding crisis," said Leon Dulce, CSL coordinator of LRC.

We put a spotlight on the #SolarVillages of the Taboli Manobo people in Lake Sebu, South Cotabato, which is threatened by a 19,000-hectare coal mining corridor linked to San Miguel Corporation.

We joined more than 500 youth and civil society advocates in the PH leg of the global #DrawTheLine day of action in the Polytechnic University of the Philippines last September 19.

It’s time we listen to the wisdom and knowledge of Indigenous People who have safeguarded nature since time immemorial. Let’s build a #ForestFuture together. Let’s make our forests #CoalFree! 💯
#DrawTheLine

But the ⛰️sacred land is threatened by the expansion of a 17,000-hectare coal mining corridor linked to San Miguel Corporation, which encroaches into the watershed and the indigenous territories.
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These species grow within the ancestral domains of the Taboli Manobo, which safeguards the 💧headwaters of the 116,000-hectare Kabulnan Watershed, a vital landscape for natural resources, biodiversity, and the climate. The seedlings represent the commitment to reforest and protect the watershed.
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