Alamin: Mga programa para mapanatili ang ganda ng kalikasan sa Sibuyan Island!

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00:00Did you know that Cebuyan Island is also known as Galapagos of Asia?

00:04It is known for its biodiversity and views.

00:07It is a place full of beauty and beauty.

00:10But at the moment, Cebuyan Island is facing the threat of mining.

00:14Today, we will be joined by one of those who wants this mining to stop

00:19and who is continuing to help take care of the island, Vivian Carmona.

00:25Let's listen to her observations and plans to protect Cebuyan Island's natural resources.

00:30Good morning.

00:31Good morning.

00:32Good morning, Miss Vivian.

00:33Rise and shine, Philippines.

00:34Good morning.

00:35All right.

00:36Ma'am, please tell us what are the plans and programs that you are helping to protect

00:41the natural resources of Cebuyan Island.

00:44We have prepared a lot of plans to do.

00:50But at the moment, there is mining there, but this is temporarily stopped

00:59because the people do not like mining in Cebuyan.

01:04We know that Cebuyan is a very small island that can be found in Romblon,

01:11for the knowledge of all our viewers.

01:15Our mountain is high.

01:18If you want to go around the island, it will only take three hours.

01:23If it is mined, it will be wasted because it will be destroyed.

01:30At worst case, many people can die there.

01:36Because if the high mountain landslide and all, where will it go?

01:42To the sea.

01:43We are thinking of the worst scenario that can happen.

01:47Aside from that, this island is very important because it is home to beautiful plants,

01:55different animals, birds that you cannot find elsewhere.

02:01Aside from that, we have IPs, the indigenous people.

02:05There is a community there.

02:08As a Cebuyan who was born there and grew up there,

02:13we are taking care of this.

02:15Now, we are doing a wide-ranging information campaign for the people

02:20because they need to know what to do.

02:24First, we do not like mining.

02:26The people there do not like it, the indigenous people.

02:29This started when we had a barricade.

02:33This is a silence that guards so that mining in Cebu does not continue.

02:39That is true.

02:40There are many destroyed places, these mines.

02:44Even though they have complied,

02:46in reality, many places have been destroyed because of mining,

02:50especially when it is illegal under operation.

02:53Okay.

02:54If the people of Cebu do not like mining in your area,

02:59has this also reached the local government unit?

03:01What is the opinion of the LGU here?

03:04This has reached.

03:06Sadly, they have been silenced.

03:12According to our good mayor,

03:17he cannot do anything.

03:20But the people can do something.

03:22We can do something.

03:24That is why we,

03:26as much as we can,

03:28most of us,

03:30Cebu is a beautiful place and there are many things that can be done there.

03:34I am one of them.

03:35I can say that I am successful.

03:37I am with the people who live in Manila.

03:41We go home from time to time because we have houses there.

03:45Every month, we go home.

03:47Now, when we do information campaigns,

03:52we do not see them.

03:54If the local government cannot do anything,

03:57we, as private citizens, can do something.

04:00How about the national government,

04:02the DNR?

04:04Have you reached this concern?

04:06We have reached it.

04:07We have meetings,

04:09shall we say rallies,

04:10or silence.

04:12We have prayer vigils in our DNR.

04:16Here in the head office,

04:18next to us,

04:19to call

04:21for them not to stop

04:23mining in Cebu.

04:26We are not totally no to mining,

04:32but not only in Cebu.

04:35Cebu is a beautiful place.

04:37I want to invite you.

04:39I am here today

04:42to say that it is a beautiful place.

04:45Visit us there.

04:47You can say that this is a paradise

04:50that should be protected,

04:52taken care of.

04:53That is why,

04:54I, as a spokesperson of the Cebu National Guard,

05:00along with my other group,

05:02are advocating that mining should not continue.

05:06How massive are the mining operations

05:09in the area that is affecting the citizens?

05:11They have started exploration,

05:13but it has stopped

05:16because the people have left.

05:19What are the alternatives

05:22that you can recommend or suggest?

05:25There are jobs that can be affected

05:30because some are dependent on livelihoods.

05:35Responsible mining, shall we say.

05:38Some of the gadgets that we use

05:44and other things that we need

05:46are also obtained through responsible mining.

05:49What are the alternative sources of livelihood

05:52that can benefit the whole community?

05:55In 2005, there was an application for mining,

05:59but because of the local government,

06:02it was not allowed.

06:04They started exploration.

06:09When you say exploration,

06:11they get a sampling of the land

06:13and export it to Cebu.

06:16To be honest, there was no mining back then.

06:19It's been two years

06:21since we started an information campaign.

06:26Now, the livelihood of the people there is not mine.

06:32It's agriculture and fishing.

06:34We are rich in the ocean.

06:36We have beautiful coral reefs.

06:40We imagine that if this continues,

06:44it will be destroyed.

06:46We also have a farm.

06:48Farmers.

06:49That's the primary livelihood.

06:51So it's not mining.

06:53To be honest, on the mining side,

06:55the benefits are just at the beginning.

06:59But if the heavy mining continues,

07:02the locals won't deploy

07:04because they have no knowledge in the reality.

07:07So now, what we are doing

07:11as the president of the Rotary Club of Makati Southeast

07:15here in Manila,

07:17our projects are already underway.

07:22We are planting giant bamboo.

07:27We are also coordinating with other groups

07:32or clubs of Rotary.

07:34And as a SONTA,

07:36I am a SONTA.

07:37I am also the president of SONTA Fort Bonifacio.

07:41And I want to imitate what Mt. Puro is doing

07:45in planting, but also taking care of.

07:48So that is already on the line.

07:51As a matter of fact, on the 24th of this week,

07:54we will have a coastal cleanup

07:56so that we can clean the entire coast.

07:58The seashore from Barangay Asagra

08:01to Barangay Poblacion.

08:03Ma'am, remember,

08:05when we were talking about the Bohol issue,

08:09someone built chocolate hills

08:12that were not supposed to be resorts.

08:15The local people can do the same

08:18if they pay attention to the national government

08:22and national scale.

08:23But still, you are inviting us to your island.

08:27Cebuyan Island.

08:28Cebuyan Island.

08:29What are the tourism attractions there?

08:31We have the Cantingas River.

08:33This is the cleanest inland body of water,

08:37at least in the Philippines.

08:38It is very clean.

08:39You can drink from it in 10 minutes

08:44and it will be cold right away.

08:46It is very cold and clean.

08:48And this is also the source of irrigation.

08:51So the people are worried

08:53that if the irrigation is damaged,

08:56or the cantingas is damaged,

08:58what will happen to the plantation?

09:00It will be lost.

09:01That's why we have a lot of plans for eco-tourism.

09:04That's why we are focusing on not continuing mining.

09:08So that we can continue our projects.

09:12And also,

09:15what we can do,

09:17we are starting to coordinate,

09:20is the coral reefs,

09:22the so-called batuhan,

09:24that should be rehabilitated.

09:26You said 3 hours, right?

09:28You can go around the island.

09:30It's a small island.

09:32You're most welcome there in Cebuyan.

09:34As you described earlier, it's very beautiful.

09:37And we have the Galapagos of Asia

09:39and we have Mt. Giting-Giting.

09:41Let's visit it sometime.

09:42Well, thank you so much, Ms. Vivian,

09:45for joining us here in Rise and Shine Philippines.

09:47Thank you for inviting me.

09:48And I hope this conversation will also open more talks

09:52about the struggles of Ms. Vivian

09:54and her fellow Cebuyan in Cebuyan Island.

09:57Thank you, Ms. Vivian.

09:59Thank you so much.

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