The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Region 6 and its field offices recently conducted simultaneous coastal clean-up activities to raise awareness on waste management problems in Western Visayas in this typhoon season. In Antique, the coasts of Barangay Poblacion, Culasi town was cleaned with the help of municipality’s Philippine National Police – Maritime Group and residents who volunteered. They collected a total of four sacks of trash. According to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, scientists estimate that 50 to 80 percent of the oxygen production on Earth comes from the ocean, thus coastal clean-ups help save ocean biodiversity and mitigate the effects of climate change.

DENR leads coastal clean-up across WV. (2020, November 18). Panay News, pp. 9, 14.