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Esperanza leads flotilla protest calling for closure of Australian mine

Press release | 23 August, 2006 at 2:00

After helping mitigate the devastation wrought by the Petron oil spill in Guimaras Island, Greenpeace ship MY Esperanza today led a flotilla in protest against the gold and silver mining operations of Lafayette in the Philippines. The Australian...

Island mine disaster looming

Feature story | 10 August, 2006 at 19:14

Marred by accusations of spills and heavy-handed efforts to prevent independent monitoring, the island mine on Rapu Rapu finished its 30-day "test run" today. At dawn, Greenpeace activists scaled the Department of Environment and Natural...

ABN AMRO & ANZ: Stop funding marine pollution

Feature story | 23 August, 2006 at 2:00

After helping mitigate the devastation wrought by the Petron oil spill in Guimaras Island, the Esperanza led a flotilla in protest against the gold and silver mining operations of Lafayette in the Philippines, funded by banks such as ABN-AMRO and...

Esperanza to tackle pollution in world's centre of marine life

Press release | 16 August, 2006 at 13:11

The Greenpeace ship MY Esperanza has arrived in the Philippines today, on the latest leg of her global Defending Our Oceans expedition to highlight the wonders and the environmental threats to the world's oceans and to campaign for the...

Mineral Policy Institute Rapu-Rapu Backgrounder

Publication | 24 August, 2006 at 13:44

The Rapu Rapu Mining Project, majority owned and operated by Australian mining company, Lafayette has been mired in controversy since its conception, and opposed by a variety of local and national actors in the Philippines. This paper seeks to...

Acid Mine Drainage: devastating to aquatic life

Publication | 24 August, 2006 at 16:41

Acid streams resulting from mining activities from certain types of mineral deposits such as those at Rapu Rapu are highly toxic to the aquatic environment. The extreme acidity is toxic to most aquatic life and even after neutralisation the...

DENR Assessment of the Rapu-Rapu Polymetallic Project

Publication | 24 August, 2006 at 2:00

The exploitation of a country’s mineral resources can only be justified if it does not irreparably damage the environment and if it benefits the community and the nation as a whole. This is beyond all argument. The mine tailings spills that...

Findings and recommendations of the Fact-Finding Commission on the Mining Operations...

Publication | 24 August, 2006 at 13:43

This is the comprehensive fact-finding report of the Rapu-Rapu Fact- Finding Commission submitted to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

Compelling evidence of toxicity in Rapu Rapu

Feature story | 24 August, 2006 at 18:28

An inspection conducted today by Greenpeace scientists and government officials showed that toxic pollution from the Lafayette mine would clearly affect the coastal and marine ecosystems of Rapu Rapu Island. Our activists also entered the mine,...

Fool's Gold: The false economic promises of the Lafayette mining project in Rapu Rapu.

Publication | 8 June, 2006 at 2:00

This study was conducted by a research team from RiskAsia Consulting Inc. on commission by Greenpeace Southeast Asia. The study bears the following objectives: 1. To determine the current effects of the mining industry on Rapu Rapu and outlying...

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