Drawing the line on Zambales sands

There is a big environmental battle going on in the province of Zambales. Literally, lines on the sand are being drawn that could see the destruction not just of nature and ecosystems but of livelihoods, based among others on tourism and fishing, of many communities.

What is at stake is Alusiis or Araos river, which flows from the Macolcol or Sto. Tomas River from Barangay Alusiis to Barangay La Paz of San Narciso, Zambales towards the West Philippine Sea. In the guise of a creek rehabilitation project related to the building of a jetty port, blacksand mining will be done – in circumvention of the ban on such activity.San Narciso is a 4th class municipality that is home to some 28,000 people as of the 2015 National Census.

The protests have been gaining traction and support from local residents and residents of nearby San Felipe town and in fact had successfully driven away those trying to execute the project, as recently as this week.

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