Should Mining be banned in the Philippines?

Mining as one of the livelihood of Filipinos, is very important in collecting resources needed for modern civilization like obtaining minerals, metals, and jewels. Just that even though mining is very important in the daily lives of Filipinos it has already been affecting the environment specifically destroying it. And today, it is the time where Filipinos should decide to still allow or ban it. With this, based on many events happening in our environment, it is better to just ban it because mining deforested mountains, causes catastrophes, and lastly, it kills both humans and the environment.

People need a wide scope of regular assets to make the items present-day progress needs, for example, minerals, metals, gems and other elective types of vitality like coals and flammable gas. Oil is additionally vital for controlling vehicles and different machines. Mining enables individuals to utilize these assets, since mining is the way toward burrowing mines that fills in as the employment to each person. Mining is dangerous to nature, people, and untamed life. As per the article Effects of Mining on the Environment and Wildlife, "Mining can prompt the pulverization of living spaces in encompassing territories. The procedure starts with deforestation. The land over the mine must be cleared of all blocks to enable the excavators to get down to business. Unfortunately, most mining organizations are very eager to decimate whole woods to gain admittance to mineral riches. Deforestation has a few impacts. Winged creatures, Animals, and animals that rely upon trees and plants for nourishment or haven lose their homes or starve to death. Any outstanding survivors are compelled to migrate and locate another residence. The expulsion of trees can likewise essentially influence the plants that depend on them for shade from the cruel sun. "Mining has made numerous creatures leave their haven and go get another. Numerous creatures have additionally got harmed and passed on because of loss of territory. Deforestation isn't just hurting the creatures but on the other hand is impeding to people. Due to deforestation, people begin to have an absence of trees which give people oxygen. The mining organizations are executing a lot of living things for their self-centeredness. They are making an enormous measure of mischief to the general public for minerals and cash. Even though they have no clue that when mining they are additionally murdering themselves.

Furthermore, about killing both human and environment, it talks with how miners destroy themselves while destroying Mother Nature. Because in the article entitled "a canary in a coal mine", it is about an advanced warning of some danger where miners used to carry caged canaries when they go to the mines so that if there is any methane or carbon monoxide, the canary’s death would serve as a signal before this gas reached to humans. According to CDC (2018), it is a colorless, odorless, and tasteless gas, the Carbon monoxide, which is dangerous to humans and animals alike. When miners smell and breathe this gas in, it prevents blood cells to carry oxygen to any organ in which the brain and the heart will greatly be affected. And with this carbon monoxide kills the environment and many lives.

Catastrophes are also present when there is mining and many cases have already been seen with the recent one here in Cebu. The landslide happened because of mining where the soil is not any more solid and there lapses or gaps inside the mountain. In this case, it was also proved because of cracks seen before the landslide. Death toll just in this accident reached 45 and with 34 missing people. On a long haul premise, mining can expand the acridity of water in streams; because expanded residue stacks, some of which might be metal-loaded, in seepage bowls; start dust with windborne pathogens; and cause the arrival of harmful synthetic substances, some contained in uncovered mineral bodies and waste shake heaps and some got from metal preparing responses. Contaminants containing such lethal synthetic compounds as cyanide and lead might be shipped a long way from a mining site by water or wind, contaminating soils, groundwater, streams, and the climate. These harmful synthetic substances can be remobilized discontinuously and in the long run, circulated over huge areas. A portion of this pollution, given its scale or power, may not be agreeable to remediation. Mining may likewise have impacts that can be present moment, contingent upon their seriousness, for example, bending to the encompassing geography or evacuation of vegetation. Much of the time, these impacts might be limited or even forestalled by methods for an extensive mining plan that incorporates a recovery and remediation arrange.

With all of this, mining should be banned because even though it is a great help in the success of humanity, there is nothing more important than the home humans live in which is the planet Earth. And to ban mining is to care for the planet since mining only destroys forest, causes disasters, and massacres the environment and humans as well.