THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has been saying it all along, and it is no longer surprising that Environment Secretary Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga has openly articulated it in the Senate hearings. She even cited the opinion of the Department of Justice (DoJ) on the matter. At issue is the legality and constitutionality of the memorandum of agreement (MoA) between the late environment secretary Gina Lopez and the Masungi Georeserve Foundation Inc. (MGFI), signed on April 25, 2017, which delegated to the latter the management and protection of around 2,700 hectares of the Upper Marikina River Basin Protected Landscape which was named the Masungi Geopark Project.
THE Senate Committees on Environment and Natural Resources and Climate Change and Local Government commenced on Wednesday an investigation “in aid of legislation” into the defacement and exploitation of Chocolate Hills Natural Monument in Bohol and other Protected Areas in the country. Senator Cynthia Villar, chair of the environment committee,…
THE Masungi Georeserve Foundation has expressed alarm over a plan of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to cancel the 2017 memorandum of agreement (MOA) that paved the way for the creation of the Masungi Geopark Project reforestation project. Billie Dumaliang, a Board Member and Advocacy Officer of…
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