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Special Report | Push for renewables threatens lands and livelihood in the Cordillera

Northern Dispatch November 13, 2023 dams, indigenous peoples of Cordillera, NCIP, renewable energy

The Cordillera region, with 5.5 million hectares of drainage area, is considered the “water cradle” of Northern Luzon. Its watersheds feed six major river systems, and have an estimated generation potential of 3,600 megawatts, according to the Department of Energy. With this substantial potential, the Cordillera region is again in the spotlight regarding dam-related conflicts more than five decades since the proposed Chico River Dams ignited popular resistance.

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150K residents affected by flood waters in Bulacan

Bulatlat Contributors July 31, 2023 dams, flood water, floods

Boats have become the main form of transportation in many parts of Calumpit, as wheeled vehicles and even trucks could no longer enter many parts of the town. But boat rides are steep, amounting to P80 per head to reach the town center, and many residents opt to wade through the chest-deep waters.

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Tribes reject large dams in Balbalan and Pinukpuk, Kalinga

Raymund Villanueva September 4, 2022 dams, JBD Water Power Inc.

By ROD ASURIN Kodao Productions TABUK CITY – Five tribes in upper Kalinga province declared opposition to large dam projects in two of the country’s cleanest bodies of water, the Saltan and Cal-oan (Mabaca) rivers. Around 200 representatives from the Salegseg, Poswoy, Dao-angan, Ab-aba-an and Mabaca tribes in Balbalan town and the Limos tribe in…

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How Myanmar indigenous peoples defend their rights over natural resources

Kalikasan PNE February 14, 2019 dams, Karen, katribu, large-scale mining, Salween Peace Park

The peace park is an expression and integration of Karen people’s right to self-determination, natural resource management, environmental protection, and good governance.

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In the Philippines, women play big roles in opposing mega-dam projects

Marya Salamat December 18, 2018 1 Comment climate change, dams, Imaset, New Centennial Water Source Project, Sierra Madre

With global warming and climate change, normal or extra-strong typhoons are becoming more disastrous than ever, offering more pressing reasons not to destroy the remaining forest and watershed to build unnecessary mega-dams.

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Dumagats, advocates urge public to be mindful of protecting Sierra Madre

Bulatlat Contributors October 13, 2015 dams, Sierra Madre

The aggravating plunder and destruction of the mountains are fanning the flames of people’s protest.

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Dam-n!

Dee Ayroso October 9, 2014 dams, martin

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Lessons from the flood

Bulatlat Contributors October 6, 2011 Bulacan flood, climate change, dams, disasters, Flood

Prometheus Bound By GIOVANNI TAPANG, PhD Bulatlat.com MANILA — It came as a surprise to receive a call from my sister in Bulacan last Thursday, since I was the one who was supposed to be sending her a birthday greeting then. She was worried about the floods in the nearby towns of Hagonoy, Paombong and…

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Another Proposed Dam, Likely Destruction of Watershed, Opposed in Mindanao

Web Master March 25, 2010 Aboitiz, dams, Davao City watershed, Lumad

(Bulatlat.com) DAVAO City — Indigenous group KATRIBU Partylist together with environmentalist group PANALIPDAN Southern Mindanao and Tamugan Farmers Association (TAFA) held a protest action as part of its commemoration of the Earth Hour (March 27) and the World Water Day (March 22) at the Ponciano Rotonda fronting Post Office in this city today. They protested…

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Dams and how communities deal with them

On The Fringes Blog October 20, 2009 dams, pepeng

Dams, among others, are packaged as part of development that people have to live with. But, as can be gleaned from Bulatlat’s stories on the subject, dams have proven to be a bane to the public.

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Dam Nation: A Bloody History of Struggle Against Dams

Alexander Martin Remollino October 17, 2009 2 Comments chico dam, dams, Macli-ing Dulag, pepeng

By ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
The construction of dams has always been opposed because of their destructive effects on whole communities. Several anti-dam leaders have been killed as a result. The recent devastation by the dams of Luzon proved that they were right all along.

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Tags: dams

Special Report | Push for renewables threatens lands and livelihood in the Cordillera

150K residents affected by flood waters in Bulacan

Tribes reject large dams in Balbalan and Pinukpuk, Kalinga

How Myanmar indigenous peoples defend their rights over natural resources

In the Philippines, women play big roles in opposing mega-dam projects

Dumagats, advocates urge public to be mindful of protecting Sierra Madre

Dam-n!

Lessons from the flood

Another Proposed Dam, Likely Destruction of Watershed, Opposed in Mindanao

Dams and how communities deal with them

Dam Nation: A Bloody History of Struggle Against Dams