The senates climate change committee chaired by Sen. Loren Legarda said yesterday that the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) would start next year a nationwide coral restoration program. The Senate finance committee that handled, analyzed and proposed the approval by the Senate of the 2016 ₱3.002-trillion budget introduced funding for the DENR's National Coral Restoration Program (NCRP). The General Appropriations act (GAA) was recently signed into law by President Aquino.

Casayuran, M. B. (2015, December 27). ₱500M earmarked for PH-wide coral restoration program. Manila Bulletin, p. 11.