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The Department of Environment and Natural Resources has activated Task Force Homonhon to save the historical island in Eastern Samar from further decay due to nickel and chromite mining operations.
He said the task force will ensure that the concerned mining companies in Homonhon fully comply with all environmental and community health protection laws, and that they are restoring and improving all the areas that they have disturbed, including the island’s coastal ecosystem. Homonhon currently has a population of 5,073 grouped into eight barangays, and forms part of the municipality of Guiuan.The meeting was also attended by representatives of the private entities in Homonhon that have mineral production sharing agreements with the national government.
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