Church, celebrities join call to save Masungi geopark

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CARITAS Philippines, the socio-civic arm of the Catholic Church, and some A-list celebrities, have joined the call for the protection of the Masungi Georeserve, the last known green corridor located in Baras, Rizal province, some 48 kilometers away from capital Manila.On Wednesday July 4, 2024, no less than Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio urged the public to side with local rangers and call on President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. “to intervene and continue to protect Masungi.

'As the Masungi rainforest landscape has been restored and preserved from its degradation in the 1990s, the Masungi has now become a popular hiking destination in the country.While the DENR expressed appreciation for 'the statement of concern for the Philippine environment' issued by DiCaprio and other local and global celebrities like ethologist Dr. Jane Goodall and environmentalist Greta Thunberg, the department maintained that “no one is exempt from the law.

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