Environment Secretary Toni Yulo-Loyzaga says if the contract with Masungi falls through, the DENR is ready to take over the conservation project through 'a whole-of-society effort.'
MANILA, Philippines – Environmental advocates, scientists, and government leaders urged President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to protect the Masungi Geopark Project’s contract from possible cancellation.
The letter reads, “With looming threats to cancel the MGP 2017 Memorandum of Agreement between the Masungi Georeserve Foundation and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources , the signatories called on the Marcos administration to uphold its commitment to achieving the country’s climate and biodiversity targets.”
The contract, signed in 2017 under the leadership of the late former environment secretary Gina Lopez, mandates the MGFI to rehabilitate around 2,700 hectares of deforested land in the Upper Marikina Watershed.of the perpetual land trust granted to the MGFI. This committee shall be chaired by the environment secretary herself, as stipulated in the contract, and would provide guidance to the operations of the conservation project.There is no doubt that the foundation has done good work, Environment Secretary Toni Yulo-Loyzaga admitted in a press conference on Monday, June 5.
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