Fishefolk and civil society organizations seek to raise the dismantling order of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) at the Global People’s Summit on Food Systems. Ronnel Arambulo, Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (PAMALAKAYA) spokesman, said the government is destroying the livelihood of the poor sectors with its plan to dismantle fisheries structures situated along the Cavite shore of Manila Bay. The Global People’s Summit on Food Systems is an initiative to counter the United Nations Food Systems Summit in New York City held on Sept. 23.

Ochave, R. M. D. (2021, September 24). Fishers to raise DENR dismantling order in global food system. BusinessWorld, p. S1/10.