MORE than 500 supporters of the Masungi Geopark Project gathered for a solidarity event to protest the plans of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to abolish the contract for this protected area. Called Rock for Masungi, the hybrid activity sought to provide a safe space to speak…
WHAT has been hailed in some international circles as a model of conservation is now deeply embroiled in an escalating legal battle between the national government and a private construction company whose officers overlap the conservators behind the acclaimed Masungi Georeserve. Blue Star Construction and Development Corp. (BSCDC), the construction…
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THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is seeking an amendment to the expanded protected areas law to give it the power to demolish illegal structures in these ecologically critical locations. This developed as senators laid the blame at the foot of DENR officials for what they perceived as…
DURING the Senate Hearing on the budget of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), we heard Sen. Cynthia Villar, who was defending the agency s 2024 budget, allege inaccurate information about the nature of the status of the Masungi Georeserve in Tanay, Rizal. Villar echoed the main allegation that was propagated by no less than many top officials of DENR, that the Masungi Georeserve Foundation Inc. (MGFI) tenure as land trustee is perpetual and therefore violates the Constitutional provision that sets a limit to private use of natural resources to 25 years, renewable for another 25 years.