MAKAKALIKASAN (Nature Party Philippines) is extremely alarmed by this report. With less than 10% of our forest cover and the given the weak implementation of the National Green Program (NGP), to know that any small gains from these efforts have now been cancelled by continuing deforestation; most of which are avoidable with political will and strong enforcement is simply unacceptable. We need our forests if we are to survive the impacts of climate change. Private efforts is simply not enough. It is the government that must take the cudgels for this given the scale of action needed. We demand real political action NOW! Let us demonstrate it here in the Sierra Madre range. We demand accountability from the DENR, all Protected Area Management Boards and the Local Government Units for this failure of eco governance. Please read here the MAKAKALIKASAN Green Agenda on Biodiversity and Habitat Conservation that includes our action proposals for reforestation and forest protection: http://naturepartyph.weebly.com/biodiversity--habitat-conservation.html
JOIN to ACT through our appropriate FB Action Groups: www.facebook.com/groups/ph.biodiversityconservation www.facebook.com/groups/ph.reforestation To JOIN the MAKAKALIKASAN: www.naturepartyph.weebly.com/join.html To become a Founding Member, please JOIN our ASSEMBLIES: www.facebook.com/groups/makakalikasan.assembly Original article Deforestation in the Sierra Madre in northern Luzon has canceled out the gains of the National Greening Program (NGP), according to scientists who observed satellite data in the past two decades to assess the results of the government’s massive reforestation project. Scientists from the University of the Philippines (UP) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) in the United States said continued forest loss amid reforestation efforts highlighted the urgency to implement environmental laws as well as the greater need to protect and conserve the country’s remaining forests. The forest cover in the Philippines has been reduced to less than 10 percent of the original, due to widespread logging and other threats to forest ecosystems. Read more
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MAKAKALIKASAN (Nature Party Philippines) welcomes this boost in state funding for the development of the bamboo industry in the country which includes its massive use in reforestation work that can also provide sustainable livelihood for forest dwellers. As a sustainable resource, bamboo has huge potential as alternative material for housing and other building. It has various application in many other day to day products that can substitute for current raw materials that are non renewable, including plastics. MAKAKALIKASAN will support its promotion and development but we also remind government that while bamboo can create good "buffers" in boundaries of reforestation site and are excellent to plant in steep slopes to avoid further erosion, it is not a substitute for the needed diversity of many other ecosystem and habitat-specific hardwood varieties for reforestation. We also remind the government to ensure the price and access of people, especially the poor, to bamboo remains affordable and not let its categorization as high-value crop result in sky rocketing of its price simply because we will have more exports for it. Local supply must remain stable and sufficient. Read about MAKAKALIKASAN's Biodiversity Conservation Agenda: http://naturepartyph.weebly.com/biodiversity--habitat-conservation.html
JOIN to ACT through our appropriate FB Action Group: www.facebook.com/groups/ph.reforestation To JOIN the MAKAKALIKASAN: www.naturepartyph.weebly.com/join.html To become a Founding Member, please JOIN our ASSEMBLIES: www.facebook.com/groups/makakalikasan.assembly Original article The government has allocated at least P22 billion for the development of bamboo industry in the country from 2021 to 2022 as the high value added forest product has good export potential, wide industry applications, and jobs creation. Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon M. Lopez said at the North Luzon and Central Luzon Virtual Bamboo Summit that for 2021 government agencies are implementing P594 million worth of projects while the Development Bank of the Philippines is making available P10 billion in loans for the industry. For 2022, a total of P1.4 billion-worth of projects have been proposed for that budget cycle, and about P10 billion-worth of loans again will be again made available. Read more MAKAKALIKASAN (Nature Party Philippines) welcomes this move of the Ilocos Norte Provincial Board for an audit of the Reforestation Program of the DENR. This is especially important following the last COA audit on the failure of the last implementation period of the National Greening Program (NGP) to reach its target. It will be recalled that the COA reported that by December 2019, the NGP only achieved 12% of its target while. As a sound reforestation for the province and the rest of the country is now a matter of survival due to the massive flooding that many part of the country has been subjected to as a direct result of deforestation and as made worse by extreme weather conditions as early onset impact of climate change in the country.
JOIN to ACT: www.facebook.com/groups/ph.reforestation JOIN MAKAKALIKASAN: www.naturepartyph.weebly.com/makakalikasan.assembly Be a Founding Member JOIN our ASSEMBLIES: www.facebook.com/groups/makakalikasan.assembly #Reforestation #ReforestationPH #IlocosNorte #NationalGreeningProgram #MAKAKALIKASANParty Original article After appropriating millions of pesos to build its so-called “Green Wall” to secure residents against flash floods and soil erosion, members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Ilocos Norte has called for a thorough assessment, re-evaluation, and revalidation on the present status of the project. Ten years ago or in 2011, Ilocos Norte launched a massive re-greening program with the backing of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). Read more MAKAKALIKASAN (Nature Party Philippines) congratulates the people and local government of Mangatarem, Pangasinan for taking this action to protect their critical habitat. We extend our solidarity and any support we can extend. We call on all our members, volunteers and supporters to do the same. MAKAKALIKASAN is for the reforestation of 40% of all our major islands in the next decade.
JOIN to ACT: www.facebook.com/groups/ph.reforestation JOIN MAKAKALIKASAN: www.naturepartyph.weebly.com/join.html Be a Founding Member of MAKAKALIKASAN, JOIN our assemblies: www.facebook.com/groups/makakalikasan.assembly #Reforestation #ReforestationPH #MAKAKALIKASANParty Original article: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, February 18) -- A forest located in Mangatarem town, Pangasinan has been declared a "critical habitat" to save and protect several species living there that are at risk of extinction, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources said on Thursday. The 4,422.80-hectare forest, which covers portions of barangays Cacaoiten, Cabaluyan II, Calomboyan Sur, Lawak Langka, Catarataraan, Pacalat, and Malabobo, will now be called Mangatarem Critical Habitat. It is home to threatened wildlife such as the Philippine deer (Rusa marianna), Philippine warty pig (Sus philippensis), Philippine duck (Anas luzonica), Flame-breasted fruit dove (Ptilinopus marchei), Philippine eagle owl (Bubo philippensis), Luzon scops owl (Otus longicornis), and Rufous hornbill (Buceros hydrocorax). Read more |
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