The Inside Spectrum: Philippines, the deadliest country in Asia for environmentalists
Nathaniel Pecayo
October 2, 2022.
The Philippines continues to be a dangerous country for environmental activists and defenders. According to a report made by the International Organization Global Witness in 2021, the Philippines was listed as the deadliest country in Asia and the 4th deadliest country in the world for land and environmental defenders just behind Mexico, Colombia, and Brazil. This article, written by Gaea Katreena Cabico on September 29, 2022, manages to convey a strong message of how profit and urban development is being valued more than human rights and environmental preservation.
The flow and sequencing of the article was complete and cohesive with some few statistics to truly show the severity of the issue and to introduce the reader to the problem at hand and it provides the reader with a surplus of information thanks to a comprehensive look into why these issues are happening and why they are still persisting up to this day.
Though there was an imbalance in the length and volume of the introduction and the information, this Geometric pattern of reporting the issue was needed to quickly get to the point of the article.
For my fellow Filipinos who might be wondering how and why is this important to us? Well, this issue doesn’t only affect us at the present day but also the future generations of Filipinos. We are already living in a very competitive world in terms of development and the Philippines is trying to catch up. What’s the problem then? The Philippines is sacrificing too much of its own resources to a point where nature can’t keep up, development is going faster than what we can handle.
The fact that the government is letting these environmentalist and land defenders get attacked and killed clearly displays our nation’s intent to rapidly develop its cities and infrastructure without consideration for human rights and the environment. These environmentalists and land defenders are our frontliners in the battle against Climate Change, so why is it that we are allowing our own defenders to be attacked by powerful companies?
This post is a report on the article written by Gaea Katreena Cabico (September 29, 2022) "Philippines still deadliest country in Asia for Environmentalists", Philstar Global, taken from https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/09/29/2213088/philippines-still-deadliest-country-asia-environmentalists-global-witness
Good point
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