It is expectedly difficult for us Greens to celebrate this day. The Government lauds the increase on the number of PROTECTED AREAS and high profile but shallow, palliative "success" in habitat conservation in Boracay, Manila Bay. On the other hand, the UN CBD (Convention on Biological Diversity) lauds the recent agreement on "mainstreaming biodiversity actions" that opens up critical biodiversity areas to private sector control and the so called "whole government approach". But now globally we are already in a full blown 6th mass extinction phenomenon driving learned scientists and the youth to take drastic actions.
In the Philippines, there is nothing to celebrate when decades have passed without the critical green bills being passed and having critical positions in legislation headed by leaders who have clear conflicts of interests between environmental protection and their family's business interest. There is nothing to celebrate when the President lifts the ban on open pit mining and new mining applications. When our COA audits a failure of 60% of the last implementation of our failed national greening program. And certainly there is nothing to celebrate with a war mongering President who see no other option but the threat of war as an excuse for giving up in a sheer act of treason our sovereign rights over the natural resources in the contested WPS. And certainly there is nothing to celebrate when many, capable and credible green leaders in our various green movements continuously assert the connection between GOVERNANCE and POLITICS with any tangible success in CONSERVATION and SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT but still today remains JUST ASKING who among the potential national leaders running in the 2022 elections will CARRY THEIR AGENDA AND CONCERNS. Until, these good leaders will NOT SAY, I WILL BE A GREEN SENATOR and I WILL BE A GREEN CONGRESS REP, OR I WILL BE A GOOD EXECUTIVE in GOVERNMENT and I WILL OFFER MYSELF TO BE SELECTED TO RUN to bring the GREEN AGENDA to reality myself... there is NOTHING TO CELEBRATE without this!
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These are public statements of the Nature Party PH (MAKAKALIKASAN) ARCHIVES
April 2023
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