Year after year, the Filipino people, particularly the marginalized, endure the devastation of typhoons, while those responsible for environmental destruction escape unscathed.
The Center for Environmental Concerns-Philippines (CEC-Phils) supports farmers’ calls for genuine land reform this National Peasant Month. Decades after Martial Law, Marcos Jr.’s policies echo the same unfulfilled promises, displacing and neglecting farmers while benefiting monopolistic landlords and developers.
On the 52nd anniversary of the Martial Law declaration, we remember environmental human rights defenders who have asserted people’s rights amidst a fascist regime. Most prominent among them is Macli-ing Dulag, an indigenous leader from the Butbut tribe in Kalinga, Cordillera, and staunch advocate against the proposed 1,000 megawatt Chico Dam project of the National […]
