Of chainsaws and grace: direct action by eco-vigilantes in the Philippines

Bobby Chan

Chapter 11 in Standing up for a Sustainable World, 2020, pp 128-130 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: There are environmental laws in the Philippines, albeit no reliable public authority to enforce them. With his eco-vigilantes, Bobby Chan, a lawyer by training, fights illegal logging and fishing. The approach is kept within legal boundaries, it works, but it is dangerous; several members of the group have been abducted, tortured and murdered. Nevertheless the actions go on as they had for the last twenty years.

Keywords: Development Studies; Economics and Finance; Environment; Politics and Public Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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