Tampakan Copper GOLD Project

Tampakan Copper GOLD Project

“The proposed mine plan provides a balance that enables the economic development of the resource, the generation of substantial social and economic benefits for local, regional and national communities, and the effective management and mitigation of potentially adverse environmental and social impacts”, this is in accordance with the article I read. This project has met the standard of the Environmental Impact Assessment test; the key potential impacts on environment or on people have a proper mitigation plans and measures. Like the water resources which will be affected when the mining will get started, but the company has a water management system which will provide a water supply for the construction and operation of the mine, and will ensure that this will not have an adverse impact on the quality of water, which the people, the animals and the forest needs.

Of course many people disagree with this project and some made rallies.  Main concerns of the majority of them are their means of livelihood will be gone, and they will be resettled. Because they rely mainly on land crops, they will have no food to eat and sustain their daily needs when this mining continues. The company will provide the place for their resettlement as well as giving them a better means of livelihood by introducing new farm technology, which will help the community sustainable. Regeneration, conservation of wildlife areas, the flora and the fauna will be done after the construction to ensure that there is still a balance in the ecosystem of the affected site. All in all, they monitor each key issue regarding the environmental effect, social impact, economic impact, health impact that will affect the residence and the environment as well; they see to it that they meet the standards in case of noise, air, water pollution acts.

So, this is how EIA test works, for me this is a very critical test because each company who wants to build something must comply with the standards of the EIA. EIA assures that our people will be relocated safe and our environment will be regenerated. Company must wait for months or even years before they are signed to build their project. For me, it’s a job well done for who are responsible for the EIA. On behalf of my group, Alfredo Gumansing and Sam Geronimo, we are happy to choose this topic because we are curious about its adverse impacts and as an individual; my awareness about the environment improves. We are thankful to our professor that she let us choose this project and we are going to report its EIA. We HOPE that all companies must pass the EIA test before building something. 

Insight about the Group Report

About the Manila North Tollways

Manila North toll ways, or the NLEX was made in the year 2000, according to what I understand from the reporters, this project will significantly outweigh the adverse impacts in the environmental assessment studies. This project ensures the sustainability of the project benefits, in which they followed an effective monitoring scheme. I think that this project really met the standards for the environmental impact assessment test. Every environmental problem, they have a solution at hand which is carried out immediately like when a tree is cut, 10 trees will be planted to replace it.  They monitored every environmental parameter by submitting every factor which has an effect to the said project.

“Rapid urbanization in Metro Manila and nearby regional growth centers resulted in a significant growth in road traffic. “ We all know that traffic stresses out people, consumes more gas, which led to more pollution. Due to traffic, levels of exhaust gas emissions such as the hydrocarbons,carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides will also increase. But they made a comprehensive traffic management plan which ensures minimal disturbance to every motorist.

“The widening at segments 1 and 2 as well as the upgrading and improvement of the whole system, is undertaken to meet these needs through increased capacity, improved safety, better operational efficiency, and restored riding quality.”, this statement is from the article I read from their report. For me,this will be an interesting report; this topic opens my mind to new possibilities of innovating things for the betterment of mankind, because as a future engineer and engineers solve problems, I must contribute something for my society, something that will be a great help not only for us but also for the future ones. Things such as improvement automobile efficiency of burning fuels or improving the use of hybrid and electric cars, through these we will attain a sustainable source of energy.

putting into action!

Putting our Course into Action

Being all aware of the things happening in our surrounding is just like a conflict to any story of a book, and one must read it in order to understand its resolution, just like our surrounding or our environment, we must do the right act on it in order to solve the problem. We all know that problems in our environment naturally occur, but human acts trigger these problems, we are created to be the highest form of creature, God provided us the environment we need in order to sustain our needs and we, humans, have an obligation to our environment, we must protect, conserve and preserve it for the future generation. Our future generations have also the right to experience the wonders of our nature. We must not think of our selfish desires for nature but rather think of possible and alternative ways to solve this severe sickness of our environment, and if this continues our race will face its extinction.

Our professor told us to cite the existing problems found in our classroom, I think you can just imagine how messy our room. Problems such as, no cleaning material, too much spill on water leakage on aircon, broken armchairs, dirty curtains and pest like cockroaches and rats. We address this problem To Whom It May Concern and told the current situation of our classroom, he told us that he will take immediate actions to our concerns.

“Action speaks louder than words”; I think this must be the motto for our last blog. This last blog made me feel realize that through the awareness of the problems on our environment and with the help of our professor, we can help save the environment by starting on changing ourselves, the life changing decision we made and through acting on the problems on our room. Big things start from small things and just like a ladder, we can’t reach the final step just by starting on the first step of the ladder, in order to climb on the top of the ladder, we must continue to step one after another, like our acts on solving the problems of the environment, we must continue to act on saving the environment, in saving ourselves!