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28 viewsHAPPY DAY, EARTH. An open pit mining site operated by Australian firm Greenstone Resources Corporation dots the green fields and mountains in Tubod, Surigao del Norte in this photo taken April 24, 2013. MindaNews photo by Roel Catoto

6 viewsCATCH AND FREE. Pamocino Florino, 55, a local fisherman Barangay Danawan, an island village in Surigao City caught a sea turtle and a baby shark on April 20, 2013. He released the endangered species back to the sea on April 21, 2013. Mindanews Photo by Roel N. Catoto

11 viewsENVIRONMENT PROTECTION. Environmentalists sign the Kitanglad-Kalatungan Mountain Accord (KITKAT) in Cagayan de Oro City on Earth Day, March 23. Representatives of at least 12 people’s organizations, NGOS and government agencies signed the pact vowing to
help protect the city's watershed. MindaNews photo by Froilan Gallardo

7 viewsALL THAT GLITTERS. Small-scale miners dig for gold along the national highway in Barobo, Surigao del Sur. The miners said they have been doing it for over two months. MindaNews Photo by Keith Bacongco

6 viewsALL THAT GLITTERS. Small-scale miners dig for gold along the national highway in Barobo, Surigao del Sur. The miners said they have been doing it for over two months. MindaNews Photo by Keith Bacongco

4 viewsA police officer shows a young dolphin found dead along the coastal waters in Kauswagan town, Lanao del Norte on Wednesday, Feb. 27, MindaNews photo

105 viewsBACK IN OPERATIONS. A month after the arrest and release of two Chinese nationals found illegally operating a gold extracting barge, miners are once again operating in Iponan River in Cagayan de Oro City. Aerial view taken from a Philippine Air Force helicopter last Nov. 24, 2012 shows fresh earth beside a backhoe, an indication of an ongoing operation. MindaNews photo

24 viewsDEVASTATED LANDSCAPE. Aerial view of the devastation made by illegal mining operations along Iponan River in Cagayan de Oro. The photo taken from a Philippine Air Force helicopter last Nov. 24, 2012 showed the illegal miners are operating again despite the arrest and release of two Chinese nationals last month. MindaNews photo

13 viewsENJOYING A DIP. A young child swims in an unfinished culvert after heavy rains triggered by an Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) caused most of the streets in Butuan City to be flooded on 20 November 2012. MindaNews photo by Erwin Mascarinas

10 viewsMotorist and commuters try to manage the flooded streets of Butuan City as nonstop rains brought about by an Inter Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) over several parts of Mindanao 20 November 2012 caused floods. MindaNews photo by Erwin Mascarinas

Iponan raid9 viewsDENR Engr. Rodante Felina (right) checks on a map to look for the barges illegally mining for gold along the Iponan River on Oct. 25, 2012. The DENR found 15 barges and padlocked four of them. MindaNews photo by Froilan Gallardo

22 viewsCol. George Banzon, chief of the Army's 58th Infantry Battalion
(right), checks a weighing scale found in one of the barges in the illegal gold mining operations along the Iponan River on Oct. 25, 2012. MindaNews photo by Froilan Gallardo

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