Communities in the Mindanao region of the Philippines recognise that the steadily increasing level of mining activities and population growth, lead to an increase in environmental pressure on critical areas. Therefore, there is a need for stakeholders to critically appraise principles, policies, and practices that could lead to the best practices required for sustainable mining and environmental management that is driven by green data collection, mining strategy, principles, and practices. This novel environmental regulatory framework was put in place by the authors after a rigorous two-year investigation. This framework is being applied in the management of active mining sites, abandoned mining sites, thus, providing reasonable economic and environmental benefits to the industrial players and mining communities. The green data collection and mining strategy is for enhancing social, economic and environmental resource performance. The project methods involved a desktop review of previous and existing local, regional, and national data collection and mining strategy. This was followed up with visits to mine-sites and discussions held with stakeholders in the mineral sector. In this paper, the role of information, education, and communication have been revisited and it fits adequately into the novel data collection and mining model being advanced for the mining sector. The absence of this framework poses the most challenging aspect of prosperity offered by the quality, quantity, diversity, and the sustainability of the mineral resource sector in the Mindanao region. Therefore, this paper has discussed the content of the green data collection and mining strategy plan anchored on a sustainable control planning cycle. This approach could drive and sustain the harmony between man and the environment. This strategy would balance the ecological requirements, the sustainability of the environment, and the development of mineral resources in the region. CITATION: Egirani, D E, Allan, S, Daisy, S and Filemonito, M, 2019. Green data collection and mining strategy for sustainable-best practice in the mining-geology sector in the Mindanao Region of the Philippines, in Proceedings Mining Geology 2019, pp 450458 (The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy: Melbourne).