welcome to Palawan a Paradise Island in the Philippines beautiful underground Rivers untouched nature and lots of nickel in fact the Philippines is the second largest producer of nickel after Indonesia nickel is used in everything from coins and kitchen pans to jet engines and electric car batteries and its demand is set to Skyrocket as investment in new technologies accelerates but nickel mining operations in this beautiful island and elsewhere in the country are leading to Human Rights harms and environmental damage deforestation pollution and the displacement of indigenous peoples we recently spoke with community members in Brooks Point
District who say their lives have changed since nickel mining projects came to the [Music] area [Music] [Music] for communities say they are rarely consulted and their right to free prior and informed formed consent is not respected they fear their land is being destroyed and polluted however when we challenged eilan nickel Corporation the company operating a nickel mine in Brooks Point they Deni all the allegations of environmental pollution and this spite our findings they claimed the majority of the Palawan indigenous people support its operations the green future we all need must be a fair one for
the people who live near its production centers the Philippines government must ensure people's rights are respected and hold nickel mining companies to account the energy transition must be quick and just
