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MINDANAO Situation. Mindanao. “ Min ” = Land. “ Danao ” = Lake. “ Mindanao ” means. “ Land of the Lakes ”. 2 nd largest island in the Philippines 19th biggest island in the world (101,998 sq. km) Just above equator, part of the Pacific Rim of Fire. Geography. 18 million
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Mindanao “Min” = Land “Danao”= Lake “Mindanao” means “Land of the Lakes”
2nd largest island in the Philippines 19th biggest island in the world (101,998 sq. km) Just above equator, part of the Pacific Rim of Fire Geography
18 million 13 million non-indigenous groups 3.6 million indigenous peoples (18 ethnolinguistic tribes or lumad) 1.4 million Moro (13 tribes) Population
Abundant resources agriculture sea products Minerals Liguasan Marsh Philippine Deep A Land of Contradictions
But people living in extreme poverty 1.4 million families hungry 60% live below poverty threshold A Land of Contradictions
Mindanao Regions among the Highest in Poverty Incidence 1. ARMM (55.3%) 2. Caraga (45.5) 3. MIMAROPA (43.7) 4. Bicol Region (41.8) 5. Eastern Visayas (40.7) 6. Zamboanga (40.2) 7. Northern Mindanao (36.1) 8. SOCCSKSARGEN (33.8) 9. Western Visayas (31.1) 10. Davao Region (30.6) 2006 National Statistical Coordination Board
Hunger in Mindanao Widespread Hunger in Mindanao Hunger Incidence 4th Qtr. 2008 Mindanao 33.7 % (1.4 M families) Metro Manila 23.3 % (570,000 families) Luzon 20 %(1.6 M families) Visayas 20 % (1.6 M families) 2008 Social Weather Station
Palm oil 170, 000 ektaryasaShannnalyne Environmental and Technological Park, Esperanza-Lorenzo, Agusan del Sur. 15, 391 ektaryasaTambuli Mining Company, San Luis, Agusan del Sur.
Bukidnon • 51 kakompanyaangga-apply ug exploration permit sasidlakangbahinsaprobinsya.
Pulangui V Hydro Electric Dam -FIBECO -Greenergy Development Corp • Mokabatngadtosa 3, 300 ektaryaangyutangapektado • 3 ka barangayangsiguradongmalubogsatubig • Momugnaug 300MW ngakoryentengmamahimong mo-suplaysatibuok Mindanao
KEY BIODIVERSITY AREAS in Mindanao and ancestral domain areas IP Ancestral domain areas
KEY BIODIVERSITY AREAS in Mindanao, ancestral domain areas and mono-crop plantations Rubber plantations Oil palm plantations Pineapple plantations Banana plantations
KEY BIODIVERSITY AREAS in Mindanao, ancestral domain areas, mono-crop plantations, and bio-fuels plantations
Mining Tenements in Lake Mainit Taganito mining KEY BIODIVERSITY AREAS in Mindanao, ancestral domain areas, mono-crop plantations, biofuels, and mining Tubay mining Claver mining Bunawan mining Midsalip mining tenements Pantaron tenements Omega Gold TVI Diwalwal PMDC Philco Mining Masara mining Sierra mining SMI-Xtrata BHP Billiton
8thIBPA Mining Tenements in Lake Mainit Taganito mining KEY BIODIVERSITY AREAS in Mindanao, ancestral domain areas mono-crop plantations, biofuels, and mining, military deployment 402ndIBde 58thIBPA Tubay mining Claver mining 29thIBPA 4thID 30thIBPA 5thIBPA 403rdIBPA 51stIBPA Bunawan mining Midsalip mining tenements Pantaron tenements Omega Gold 44thIBPA 4thIBPA 67thIBPA 36thIBPA TVI Diwalwal PMDC 33rdIBPA 101st IBde 40thIBPA Philco Mining 66thIBPA 3rdSF 55thIBPA 102IBde 6thID 38thIBPA Masara mining 1st Inf Div 76thIBPA 602ndIBde 28thIBPA Sierra mining 72ndIBPA 39thIBPA 64thIBPA SMI-Xtrata BHP Billiton 25thIBPA 73rdIBPA 75thIBPA 601stIBde
Islamophobia The irrational fear of Islam, Muslim or Islamic culture Encompasses the belief that all or most Muslims are religious fanatics Implications
Ethnocide The sum effect of policies and programs that erode cultural integrity and identity of indigenous populations Implications
Culture of impunity Summary killings Human rights violations Implications
Strengthening movement against the US Empire People’s responses
Exposing human rights violations and militarism People’s responses
People’s responses • Resisting Imperialist plunder at the communities
Fighting Islamophobia through anti-imperialist Muslim-Christian Solidarity People’s responses
Promoting alternatives to globalization and plunder People’s responses
Be an Advocate for a Just Peace in Mindanao Resist Islamophobia Fight Ethnocide Defend the Patrimony of the Filipino people/Resist imperialist plunder of Mindanao’s resources Support indigenous people’s rights to self-determination Solidarity with the People of Mindanao
Solidarity with the People of Mindanao Support our Dreams & Struggle for Liberation & Self-Determination