DENR move to cancel MOA on Masungi hit

Considered as one of the last green frontiers near Metro Manila and a haven for unique biodiversity, the Masungi landscape faces threats of quarrying, deforestation, land grabbing, and other illegal activities.“MANILA, Philippines — Environmental group Masungi Geopark has criticized the move of Environment Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga to cancel the 2017 memorandum of agreement between the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the advocacy organization.

“As we listen to the Senate hearing on the defacement of protected areas in Bohol and the Upper Marikina Watershed, this announcement of the planned cancellation of our MOA creating the award-winning Masungi Geopark Project reforestation project betrays the DENR’s statements that it is serious in protecting the environment,” Dumaliang said.“Who will benefit from this plan? Neither the Filipino people nor the environment.

“It was spotlighted at the 2024 World Economic Forum in Davos as one of the best practices in the world for ecosystem restoration and won the 2022 UN Sustainable Development Goals Action Campaign Inspire Awards. The claim that the contract is void ab initio is untenable.

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