The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) hopes to use Boracay as instructional material to tell the world what environmental destruction and efforts to reverse it could bring. Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu said he expected to tell a good story about Boracay’s rehabilitation during its six-month closure to tourism. In a statement, he said Boracay’s case showed “how neglect and blatant disregard of environmental laws lead to destruction.”

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