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Tribes oppose dams for MM folk’s water

May 5th, 2013 | Comments Off on Tribes oppose dams for MM folk’s water »

MANILA, Philippines—Indigenous folk from the provinces of Quezon, Rizal and Bulacan are up in arms over the proposed construction of dams in the Sierra Madre mountain range that it is feared would submerge large swaths of forested and agricultural lands. At a recent summit held in Infanta, Quezon, more than 100 leaders of the Aeta, […]