May 28, 2021 THE blatant, massive clearing of mangrove forest in the only remaining enclave of small fisherfolks in Bacolod by a private developer who did it without the mandatory public hearing and barangay endorsement of his project, and environmental clearance certificate in the coastal area on the one hand, and the indiscriminate cutting of trees and defoliation in the forestal zone of the Northern Negros Forest Protected Area at Compuestuhan on the other, call for immediate and radical action.
Wanted urgently for Bacolod and the province is well-informed chief on environmental laws and codes, situation and state of their implementation, monitoring, and evaluation. For Negros Occidental there is a need for representation of the province s interest in the governing board of the only remaining natural forest strip of Northern Negros Protected Area Management Zone one measure with precedence as the Provincial Management Office (Pemo) chief was designated governor s
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