cover image: A Primer on the PeoPle’s mining Bill - (house B ill

A Primer on the PeoPle’s mining Bill - (house B ill

6 Jun 2011

Mining will not be pursued in prime use, manage, and enjoy the benefits of the and distribution for the primary benefit of development and agricultural production and agricultural lands, prioritizing food security and country’s mineral resources, considering these the domestic economy. [...] stakeholders, and local government units It aims to develop the Philippine mining national industrialization? through the creation of Multi-sectoral Mineral industry within the framework of national The State should strategically and systematically •Respect for indigenous people's and Moro Councils (MSMCs) responsible for the approval industrialization and agrarian reform, in pursue the industry’s. [...] advancement; the right to self-determination of IPs • Promotion, development, enforcement, and responsibility for mining exploration and Moros; and other accepted principles on human, monitoring of ecologically-sound mining on behalf of the State, with preference for labor, womens, and childrens rights and environmental practices and standards non-invasive exploration methods in order to protectio. [...] government and affected communities from with rules and regulations on mines safety mining revenues and the domestic investment and provide safeguards for the health and Quarrying permits on private lands Foreign firms are allowed to invest of mining capitalization and finance. [...] These include RA may given to qualified Filipinos, except in exceptional cases identified by the ensures that the government and communities 7305 or the Magna Carta of Public Health in ancestral domains and public lands government and based on the NIP and the are properly and adequately compensated and Workers; prohibition of forced and child for building and construction.
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7
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Philippines