Boracay rehabilitation to cost P25B: NEDA
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The Medium-Term Boracay Action Plan (BAP), which formally lays out the proposed programs for island's rehabilitation, has an estimated total investment requirement of P25.27 billion, according to the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA). NEDA said in a statement yesterday the Boracay Inter-Agency Task Force recently adopted the BAP which is aimed at installing safeguards from ecological degradation and sustainable tourism activities in Boracay. The private sector will finance P15.89 billion or 62.9 percent of the total cost, NEDA said. Of the proposed investment requirement, 64 percent or P16.21 billion will be allotted for infrastructure.
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Celis, A. (2019, January 8). Boracay rehabilitation to cost P25B: NEDA. Malaya Business Insight, pp. A1, A7.
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Environmental restoration; Environmental protection; Investments; Environmental degradation; Ecotourism; Private sector; Sustainable development; Natural resources; Environmental legislation; Pollution control; Sustainability; National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA); Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR); Boracay Inter-Agency Task Force (BIATF); Navarro, Adoracion
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