How Can Mineral Policy Be Clarified in the Philippines? A Policy-maker Provides Perspective

Lucila Cruz Gabriel is a supervising legislative staff officer on the Committee on Natural Resources in the Philippines House of Representatives. Lucila was a participant in Advancing Accountable Resource Governance in Asia Pacific in Belitung, Indonesia, in January 2018. As the course progressed, Lucila spoke with NRGI about the legislative branch’s role in clarifying Philippine mining policy, mining sector reforms and civil society’s push for transparency in minerals.