A nickel stockpile towers over farmer Moharen Tambiling's rice paddy in the Philippines' Palawan, evidence of a mining boom ...

Locals say some effects of long-term mining include flash floods and the siltation of the sea. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A fifth of the Philippines' Indigenous land is covered by mining and exploration permits, according to rights group Global Witness.

A nickel stockpile towers over farmer Moharen Tambiling's rice paddy in the Philippines' Palawan, evidence of a mining boom that locals hope a new moratorium will tame.