{"id":1133360,"date":"2019-08-19T09:46:15","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T14:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/?p=999603"},"modified":"2019-08-19T09:46:15","modified_gmt":"2019-08-19T14:46:15","slug":"philippine-anti-mining-advocate-gina-lopez-dies-after-battle-with-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1133360","title":{"rendered":"Philippine anti-mining advocate Gina Lopez dies after battle with cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Philippine environment<br \/>\nminister Gina Lopez, who led a high-profile fight against the country\u2019s mining<br \/>\nindustry, died Monday aged 65, after losing her battle with cancer.<\/p>\n<div class='d-flex justify-content-center'>\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0'><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0');});<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The passing of the activist and ecologist was reported by local <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/news.abs-cbn.com\/spotlight\/08\/19\/19\/gina-lopez-who-led-crackdown-on-mines-in-the-philippines-dies-at-65\" >ABS-CBN News<\/a>, run by a social development group in which she was the long-time chair. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignright\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>She became international known in 2016 after launching a crackdown on the country\u2019s mining industry and closing down several operations on environmental grounds.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Lopez rose to international prominence in 2016 by launching a crackdown on the country\u2019s mining industry and closing down several operations on environmental grounds. She also issued a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/philippines-extend-ban-new-mines-review-current-permits\/\" >ban on open-pit mining<\/a> in the Southeast Asian nation, which is the world\u2019s top nickel ore supplier.<\/p>\n<p>Lopez served as President Rodrigo Duterte&#8217;s environment minister for 10 months until a congressional committee rejected her appointment in May 2017, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/philippines-shows-anti-mining-environment-minister-door\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">forcing her to leave the post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Duterte\u2019s administration lamented Lopez<br \/>\ndeath, saying she was one of the president\u2019s most passionate alter-egos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is with a heavy heart that we express our sincerest condolences to her family, relatives, friends and loved ones,\u201d presidential spokesman Salvador S. Panelo said in a statement. He said her environmental advocacy and legacy \u201cremains unparalleled to this day.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Before becoming a minister Lopez, member of one of the Philippines&#8217; wealthiest families, spent two decades in Africa, India and Portugal promoting yoga and helping the underprivileged. She later returned to the Philippines, where she raise her two children. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The former environment minister rose to international prominence in 2016 by launching a crackdown on the country&rsquo;s mining industry and closing down several operations on environmental grounds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[369,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1133360"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1133360"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1133360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1133574,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1133360\/revisions\/1133574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1133360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1133360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1133360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}