Save Nueva Vizcaya Movement Launched
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- Published: Monday, 16 September 2019 14:09
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Environmental activists, church leaders, lawyers, economists, scientists, politicians, and indigenous leaders gathered today at the Church of the Risen Lord in the University of the Philippines to launch the Save Nueva Vizcaya Movement, a national campaign to protect the environment, natural resources, and people’s rights in the nationally significant watershed and biodiverse province of Nueva Vizcaya.
In its unity statement, Save Nueva Vizcaya declared that “our most urgent mission is to oppose destructive large-scale mining projects such as the 12,864-hectare Didipio copper and gold mine of Australian-Canadian transnational mining corporation Oceanagold.”
Save Nueva Vizcaya was convened by various leaders and experts, including representations of Diocese of Bayombong Bishop Elmer Mangalinao, renowned environmental lawyer Antonio La Vina, Nueva Vizcaya governor Carlos Padilla, Kalikasan national coordinator Leon Dulce, and UN Champions of the Earth 2018 awardee and indigenous rights activist Joan Carling.