Mining have mostly negative impact in environment but if we stop

the mining industry, it will also have negative impact in

Philippines. Our country is one of the biggest exporters of gold,
nickel, copper and chromite, mining industry provides 236,000
jobs for the Filipino workers, communities also benefit from
mining activities and everyone of us rely on what mining gives
through we may not realize it. The result of the removing the
mining will have huge impact: 5 years to recover to tax shortfall
on local and people’s livelihood based on the statement of
Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III. We are exporters of
minerals but if we implement total mining ban, instead of using
our own minerals we will importing minerals from other countries.
The 236,000 Filipinos will loose their jobs, how can the
government provide jobs for those people and how can they assure
the people that the salary they will get can cover their
expenses.
We could protect our environment even mining still exist, total
ban is one of the solutions we have but if we look for other
solutions there’s a lot possible. What if the DENR and local
government units increase security so that no illegal activities
can infiltrate, what if we limit the mining companies so that it
can decrease envinronmental degradation, what if we raise the
taxes of the mining companies so that it will decrease mining
companies and the taxes we will get may allocate to the funds of
environmental organizations and what if we improve our
enforcements and implementations of laws, for example if the
company had accident that cause of loss of lives and severly
affected the ecosystems around the mining it will result to the
shutdown of the company. Therefore, I’m in favor of mining here
in our country.
References:
The good side of the mining industry by: Neal H. Cruz - @inquirerdotnet
https://www.rappler.com/thought-leaders/2073-how-can-mining-work-for-philippines
https://www.rappler.com/nation/164215-dominguez-total-mining-ban-shortfall-taxes