Youth climate justice advocates have gathered at the University of the Philippines Diliman to protest ongoing land reclamation projects of the Philippine Reclamation Authority. | SAbrogarINQ
READ:Cris Mordeno, of Saribuhay UP Diliman, addresses the crowd during a demonstration calling for climate justice in the Philippines at the state university grounds in Quezon City on Thursday, April 20, 2023. INQUIRER.net / Sofia Abrogar
“The practice of reclamation is a clear example of how profit-driven engineering harms our environment and our communities. It benefits the interests of foreign imperialism and big corporations like San Miguel Corporation at the expense of our coastal communities and the environment,” said Migo Pagdanganan, a student science activist from Agham Youth UP Diliman.
SMC President and CEO Ramon Ang said they would also partner with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources to study how to increase fishing yields from the shoal. Affected communities are set to be employed in the airport project as well, according to Ang. “[Corporations] will give apologies, relief operations and donations, but those donations are nowhere near enough nor equal to the destruction that they’ve caused both in the livelihoods of people and the lasting impacts on environmental destruction,” Tan said.
‘PRO PEOPLE’ Student activists appeal to both government and private entities to prioritize the well-being of Filipinos in their climate legislation during a rally at UP Diliman in Quezon City on Thursday, April 20, 2023. INQUIRER.net / Sofia Abrogar
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