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The B’laan indigenous people of the southern Philippines are in danger.
They are locked in a struggle against one of the largest mining companies in the world. The Anglo-Swiss multinational Glencore-Xstrata holds a controlling stake in the Tampakan project to build a huge opencast copper and gold mine right in the middle of the B’laan ancestral homeland on Mindanao Island.
» Watch a 3-minute video about the violence related to the Tampakan project
If the Tampakan mining project goes ahead 4,000 people will be forced out of their homes. Furthermore, 10,000 hectares of land will be destroyed. This land is home to rainforests and is the source of five rivers.
The B’laan’s territories in the South Cotobato area have become heavily militarised. Army and paramilitary forces which have received payments from the mining project have been responsible for atrocities against B’laan community members including children. Over the past four years, ten B’laan men, women and children have been murdered.
Thanks,
Patrick Kane
Senior Programmes Officer
