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Logging operation of Ventura Timber Corp. in the Mamanwa & Manobo ancestral domain opposed by the indigenous people

August 27, 2010

First Posted on Inside Mindanao (www.insidemindanao.com) on August 23, 2010

By Nokie Calunsag of Green Mindanao Association, Inc.

Tandag, Surigao del Sur (August 23, 2010) — The Mamanwa and Manobo tribes, through their organization the Kahugpongan Tribung Mamanwa–Manobo (KATRIMMA), on numerous occasions challenged and questioned the logging operation of Ventura Timber Corporation (VTC) in the ancestral domain of the Mamanwa and Manobo.

This year, KATRIMMA has already twice penalized, customarily known as sala, VTC for ignoring the customary practices of the Mamanwa and Manobo. READ MORE>>>


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