Environment Impact

Assessment
(EMB MC 2007-001)

Environmental Compliance
Certificate Requirement (DMC
ENVIRONMENTAL 2007-08)
IMPACT Temporary Environmental
JOB Protection Order
OPPORTUNITIES
Article XIII Section 4 of the
UTILIZATION OF 1987 Constitution requires
MINERALS that a landowner be given just
VALUE OF THE compensation on
expropriated land
MINERALS

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Article XII Section 2 of
Financial or Technical the 1987 Constitution
Assistance Agreement
(FTAA): states that minerals
Work programs and are owned by the State
minimum expenditures
commitments; but the State may
Preferential use of local enter into exploration
goods and services to the
maximum extent practicable; agreements with
A stipulation that the
contractors are obligated to
Filipinos and foreign-
give preference to Filipinos owned corporations
in all types of mining
employment for which they
for technical and
are qualified and that financial assistance
technology shall be
transferred to the same
 MINERALS
A COLLECTIVE FORTUNE FOR OUR FUTURE
GENERATIONS
WRIT OF KALIKASAN
Article II Section 16 of
the 1987 Constitution
gives the people the
right to a balanced and
healthful ecology in
accord with the rhythm
and harmony of nature
In the Meerut Development
Authority case [(2009) 6
SCC 171], the Supreme
Court held:
“Whenever the Government
or the authorities get less
than the full value of the
asset, the country is being
cheated; there is a simple
transfer of wealth from the
citizens as a whole to
whoever gets the assets at
a discount’.”
Article XIII Section 6 of
the 1987 Constitution
and the Indigenous
Peoples Rights Act of
1997 protects the
rights of indigenous
communities to their
ancestral lands
GLOBAL BEST PRACTICE
NORWAY: entire proceeds
from mining are saved in
a future generations fund
ALASKA: Citizen's fund is
distributed equally to all
as a Citizen's dividend
and paid to future
generations as well
Beneficiaries of the trust
are treated equally today
and over time.
Source:
Source: https://medium.com/@thefutureweneed/minerals-a-
https://medium.com/@thefutureweneed/minerals-a-
shared-inheritance-for-future-generations-af004dad223a
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