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    The document discusses the advantages and disadvantages of the mining industry in the Philippines. It notes that while mining provides economic benefits like increased GDP and jobs, it can seriously damage the environment. Specifically, the document gives an example of Carrascal Nickel Corporation where massive logging has left mountains bare, increasing landslide risks. This runoff also dirties oceans, damaging coral reefs and fish habitat and hurting fishing livelihoods. In conclusion, the document says that as a country dependent on mining, Filipinos should consider if the economic gains are worth destroying the Philippines' natural beauty.

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    Advantages and Disadvantages of The Mining Industry

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    The document discusses the advantages and disadvantages of the mining industry in the Philippines. It notes that while mining provides economic benefits like increased GDP and jobs, it can seriously damage the environment. Specifically, the document gives an example of Carrascal Nickel Corporation where massive logging has left mountains bare, increasing landslide risks. This runoff also dirties oceans, damaging coral reefs and fish habitat and hurting fishing livelihoods. In conclusion, the document says that as a country dependent on mining, Filipinos should consider if the economic gains are worth destroying the Philippines' natural beauty.

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    The document discusses the advantages and disadvantages of the mining industry in the Philippines. It notes that while mining provides economic benefits like increased GDP and jobs, it can seriously damage the environment. Specifically, the document gives an example of Carrascal Nickel Corporation where massive logging has left mountains bare, increasing landslide risks. This runoff also dirties oceans, damaging coral reefs and fish habitat and hurting fishing livelihoods. In conclusion, the document says that as a country dependent on mining, Filipinos should consider if the economic gains are worth destroying the Philippines' natural beauty.

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    Advantages and Disadvantages of the Mining Industry

    The Philippines is known for its rich land and waters filled with different types of
    resources that will certainly lead the country to prosper. The Philippine seas are vast and
    filled with different kinds of minerals, a vast variety of plates of seafood, and corals. And in
    fact, the Philippine Sea is home to 3,212 species of fish, 486 species of corals,800 species of
    seaweed, and 820 species of algae. It is also called the Pacific Ring of Fire due to the
    presence of many active volcanoes and earthquakes in the surrounding regions.

    And inland, the country has huge green and wonderfully rich lands that are good for
    agriculture. Due to that, the Philippines is the top market for imports in Southeast Asia. But
    aside from being advantageous regarding Agriculture, the country’s massive and minerally
    prosperous lands are also good for cattle, goats, pigs, cow, and carabao raising.

    However, there are also other industries aside from fisheries and agriculture that are
    interested in exploring the resources of the Philippine land and waters, and one of them is the
    Mining Industry. One specific industry giant is the Carrascal Nickel Corporation, which has
    been operating since 2007 in Carrascal, in the mountains of Surigao del Sur in the CARAGA
    Region.

    Now, Mining Industry is not entirely unpleasant because first, they generate a huge
    profit for the country and the city where they belong, increasing the area’s GDP. In 2010, the
    output of the Philippine mining sector in terms of the total value was estimated to be P143.4
    billion, contributing an estimated 1.7 percent to the country’s gross domestic product or GDP.
    Second, they provide jobs and employment for the people who are residing in that
    certain area of the mining company; therefore, it helps build and support the country’s
    employment rate to grow.
    And because of the sector's capacity to offer mineral resources that operate as raw
    materials for manufacturing, building, and utilities as well, it plays a highly important role in
    the quest for industrial development.

    However, no matter how much the Mining Industry helps uplift the Philippine
    Economy, it still has more disadvantages than advantages. The first disadvantage is the
    damage that Mining does to the ecosystem, and this downside is the root of all problems that
    then leads to strengthening natural disasters whenever they occur. One example of this
    disadvantage is the massive logging of trees as seen in photos of what is happening in
    Carrascal.
    The mountains have now turned brown when it was actually covered with green
    before. And due to that, the people of Carrascal are now more than ever prone to facing major
    and frequent landslides as the land in the mountains has gone even softer and easier to
    excavate as there are no more trees in the mountains anymore that can hold all the flood
    water during heavy rainfall.

    In addition to that, the ocean near the mountains that were once blue has now become
    dirty and covered with brown due to all land that was excavated in the highlands that then
    overflows down to the bodies of water. This then damages the corrals in the ocean, as well as
    leads to fish poisoning which then damages the livelihood of those who fish for a living.

    Perhaps there are advantages and disadvantages to everything on this planet as well as
    humans’ individual decisions and choices. Either way, those pros, and cons should be
    carefully and deliberately analyzed if one thing is worth it over another.

    As a country with Mining as one of its economic giants, it is important for Filipinos to
    identify if the amount of money that they gathered through mining is worth destroying the
    Philippines’ beautiful land and waters. At the end of the day, it is a matter of choice.

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