The Philippine lawyer who beat an oil giant: Rose Liza Eisma-Osorio on defending Tañon Strait

Mongabay27 October 2026, 14:15 UTCPhilippines

CEBU CITY, Philippines — At a coffee meeting in 2007, Philippine environmental lawyer Rose Liza Eisma-Osorio and four other law professors in Cebu City sat laughing at an idea: representing marine mammals in court. Despite their laughter, they were dead serious about their goal: Stop the oil exploration led by Japan Petroleum Exploration (JAPEX) in […]

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