DENR sets ‘Minahang Bayan’ strategy READ:
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources is aiming to boost the potential of the mining sector to support the country’s economic growth under the Marcos Jr.’s administration through the agency’s ‘Minahang Bayan’ plan.
Out of the 9 million hectares of potential mineral areas, only less than 3 percent are awarded as mining contracts, he said.“Since we are among the most highly mineralized country in the world, our priority is to build both a strategic and responsible industry,” he said. Villafuerte meanwhile said “I am standing four-square behind the reported DENR plan to open up more Minahang Bayan areas for small-scale miners, considering that this is a better way for the government to monitor small-scale mining, do away with small-sized illegal mines and protect the environment while boosting domestic mining.”
She also assured Villafuerte that the DENR would work closely with local government units and other concerned agencies in the full implementation of RA 7076 to better regulate this activity and flush out illegal small-scale miners.Leones was quoted as saying that, ““If there is already a Minahang Bayan as dictated by the Small-Scale Mining Act, they are limited to that area so we can monitor it and their impact on the environment.
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