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Things I should know about the Davao City Watershed Code
Contains the key provisions of the city’s landmark ordinance – the importance of watersheds, the areas in the watersheds that need to protected, who is tasked to ensure its implementation and the penalties for those who do not follow the law.
Profit vs. People: A point-by-point response to plantation companies’ assertions on aerial spraying
Davao City is waging a battle to stop banana plantations from using aerial spraying as a way of dispensing pesticides. The practice exposes more people and the environment to poison. Banana plantations assert that the pesticides they use are safe and that aerial spraying hardly affects anyone. The primer answers these points one by one based on scientific studies all around the world and testimonies of affected residents.
The Story of Toxic Shower
Learn about the unconscionable practice of aerial spraying of pesticides by banana plantations. Find out why this concerns you.
Pesticides and Monocultures
Did you know that 48 people per minute are poisoned by pesticides? That the Philippines continue to use pesticides that are already banned in other countries? Find out what chemical companies don’t want you to know about pesticides. Learn as well how monoculture farms add to the pesticide menace.
Water for Life, Clean and Abundant Water for all
Find out about the water cycle, the role of forests and trees in producing water, how much freshwater we have on earth and how the supply of our freshwater is undermined because of what people do. Learn also many interesting tidbits about water including what you can do to take care of our water resources.