In the Medium Term Philippine Development Plan for 2004-2010, (Chapter 3, Environment and Natural Resources), the government —- unmindful of all the possible impacts of mining to environment and food security —- had wanted to intensify and revitalize the mining industry in the Philippines. The government had targeted to undertake a huge number of large-scale mining operations in that six-year period, expecting at least $6 billion (Php 288 billion) worth of investments in the hope of boosting the Philippine economy and create thousands of direct and indirect mining-related jobs.