Intensifying the anti-mining campaign

Abstract

Civil society monitoring and advocacy that is vertically integrated across different levels of action is one strategy for seeking government accountability. This case study summary is one of a set of seven from the Philippines. Each discusses a civil society campaign in a different sector, and draws out lessons for vertical integration. The story of the anti-mining campaign in Mindanao shows how a community-based organisation was able to scale up its local campaign first to the provincial and then the national level, building alliances to develop a people-led legal strategy and a high-profile media campaign.