Philippines climate recycling refugees
139 images Created 23 Nov 2008
VOLCANO AFTERMATH deforestation. Philippines. Central Luzon, Mount Pinatubo volcano erupted in 1991 and caused massive destruction of urban and rural landscape. Many indigenous Aeta and Igorot people were displaced. White volcanic ashes settled and disfigured the landscape. Many live in ramshackle shelters, in refugee camps and settlements, living on humanitarian aid.
RUBBISH DUMP RECYCLING, Philippines. Poor and indigenous people, old and young, some children, work in the infamous rubbish dump 'Smokey Mountain' outside Manilla. They recycle household and public waste, collecting and separating materials such as paper, corrugated cardboard, metal, plastics. Many suffer chronic skin and asthmatic diseases as a result of close contact with burning rubbish and chemicals.
FLOODS & DEFORESTATION, Philippines. Ariel and land views of logging and deforestation causing massive landslides. Thousands of people died during flash floods in Leyte, the Philippines. Heavy rains brought floodwaters into river deltas where the poorest communities live, with access to water; shanty towns, squatter camps were rapidly washed away. The rapidity of flooding was blamed as much on logging and deforestation as the rain storms themselves. The Philippines, as the in rest of South East Asia, is rife with corruption amongst state, government and military officials who make a profit from illegal logging concessions.
TRAFFIC POLLUTION, Philippines. Traffic jams pollute the city at all hours. Most cars, buses or jeepneys have very bad pollution levels, with high levels of exhaust fumes and no catalytic filters. There is a heavy cloud of smog above the city 24 hours a day
RUBBISH DUMP RECYCLING, Philippines. Poor and indigenous people, old and young, some children, work in the infamous rubbish dump 'Smokey Mountain' outside Manilla. They recycle household and public waste, collecting and separating materials such as paper, corrugated cardboard, metal, plastics. Many suffer chronic skin and asthmatic diseases as a result of close contact with burning rubbish and chemicals.
FLOODS & DEFORESTATION, Philippines. Ariel and land views of logging and deforestation causing massive landslides. Thousands of people died during flash floods in Leyte, the Philippines. Heavy rains brought floodwaters into river deltas where the poorest communities live, with access to water; shanty towns, squatter camps were rapidly washed away. The rapidity of flooding was blamed as much on logging and deforestation as the rain storms themselves. The Philippines, as the in rest of South East Asia, is rife with corruption amongst state, government and military officials who make a profit from illegal logging concessions.
TRAFFIC POLLUTION, Philippines. Traffic jams pollute the city at all hours. Most cars, buses or jeepneys have very bad pollution levels, with high levels of exhaust fumes and no catalytic filters. There is a heavy cloud of smog above the city 24 hours a day
