2008-04-21
Out Now! Natural Resource Management Agenda: Principles and Guidelines for Sound Upland Resource Management in Mindanao
Recognizing the need to mitigate the current situation of resource exploitation and degradation in the country, the Alternate Forum for Research in Mindanao embarked on developing an Agenda that provides guidance toward better use and management of resources in the island-region of Mindanao. The isl... (more)

2008-04-21
Want a comprehensive data on mining in Mindanao? Get a copy of AFRIM’s Data Map on Mining in Mindanao!
This map identifies mining explorations and operations in Mindanao, mineral deposits available per region, locations of ancestral domain lands of indigenous peoples, and sites of European mining investments in Mindanao. It plots the mining areas operated in by these companies, which are also conside... (more)

2008-03-27
Rice self-sufficiency: A better solution to the country’s looming rice crisis
In midst of a looming rice crisis, Malacañang released a 2.85 billion peso-augmentation budget to the Department Agriculture to boost production of rice and corn. This move does little to solve the impending rice crisis, according to Alternate Forum for Research in Mindanao (AFRIM), a non-gov... (more)

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