In a statement posted on social media, the group said “Magat Dam aggravates mining, logging, [and] land conversation impact,” and that indigenous farms and communities have been flooded in the past because of the dam. “Large dams add to the destruction already caused by government-sanctioned logging, mining, and land-use conversion by profit-seeking corporations,” IBON Foundation stressed. “Magat Dam did not aggravate as water releases from the dam is controlled. Had the environmental laws in mining, logging, land conversion and other related zoning laws were strictly implemented, the destruction should have been mitigated,” he said in a text message to INQUIRER.net. ADVERTISEMENTNIA earlier maintained it followed proper protocols in releasing water from the Magat Dam’s reservoir.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer November 19, 2020 07:07 UTC