Aboitiz, EDC help clean Boracay, adopt wetlands
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Two companies have signed agreements with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to sustain the efforts in cleaning Boracay island. Lopez-led power firm Energy Development Corp. through BINHI, its flagship environmental program, has committed to adopt wetland number 2, a 7.79- hectare area in Barangay Balabag where an arboretum of native trees will be put up. EDC also plans to build an information center for visitors of the wetland and a bird watch platform to allow visitors to view the birds and bats that have been sighted in the area.
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Macapagal, J. (2018, August 17). Aboitiz, EDC help clean Boracay, adopt wetlands. Malaya Business Insight, p. A10.
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Agreements; Wetlands; Wetland restoration; Ecotourism; Environmental restoration; Environmental protection; Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR); Energy Development Corp.; Aboitiz Group; Aboitiz Foundation Inc.; Boracay Inter-Agency Task Force (BIATF); Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc.; Aboitiz, Sabin; Boracay
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