5. Healthy Rice Field which is in danger Barren Rice Field which is biologically
due to the acid mine drainage to be dead for 16 years due to mine tailings of
brought by Intex Resources Marcopper
(Oriental Mindoro) (Marinduque)
6. Other side of the river used to be a rice field, but is now dead due to the toxic
chemicals from operations of Victoria Gold Mines in Benguet. Farmers built a
small barrier to prevent contamination on the other side.
7. Used to be a healthy rice field with 7.33 M kg of rice worth US$ 2.27M per annum,
but is now dead due to the toxic pollution of the rivers caused by mining.
(Cervantes, Ilocos)
8.
9. Mining on top of the Rice Field (Narra, Palawan)
Pictures taken by: Save Palawan Movement
10. Mining on top of the Rice Field
Pictures taken by: Save Palawan Movement
15. A. Mangrove D. Cropland G. Seagrass beds
B. Forest E. Human Settlement
C. Coral F. River/Creek
The mining area with open pit is letter H. B2 represents denuded forest.
The darker tint of the coral reef at the left side represents dead corals.
(Alan White, Author of Philippine Coral Reefs: A Natural History Guide)
16. A total of 1128
tropical cyclones
entered the PAR and
56 % of this tropical
cyclone reached
typhoon intensity.
Each year, the
Philippines is hit by
an average of 20
typhoons.
Source: PAGASA