Call Prefix : PR-S

Call Suffix : 2012

Call Main : SEARCA PBS 2012-3

Location : SEARCA Library

Format : Printed; electronic

Series : SEARCA Policy Brief Series 2012-3

Publisher : SEARCA

Publication Date : 2012

Publication Place : Los Banos, Laguna

Summary : The mining industry is an important economic driver but it has destructive effects to the environment. Open pit mining, or extracting minerals by pit or burrow, can completely remove the land surface covering the valuable mineral, thus removing productive soil, plants, and animals associated with it. This in turn eventually leads to massive landslides, heavy erosion, soil and water pollution, fish kills, and impaired health of plants, animals, and humans exposed to heavy metals.