The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has linked forest communities in Lake Lanao with abaca exporter Newtech Pulp Inc. for the supply of abaca. The move brings hope of sustained livelihood to forest communities while conserving Mindanao’s important watershed that is also the largest hydroelectric source in Mindanao.

Mayuga, J. L. (2021, September 20). Newtech Pulp, Lake Lanao abaca planters forge partnership via DENR program. BusinessMirror, p. A7.