Loren fumes, sets probe of DENR move to open protected areas
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The author of the law that designated protected areas said she would start an investigation of the lifting of a moratorium on issuance of special permits to develop these areas and violations of the law. “As it is, our protected areas are exploited, mismanaged,” said Sen. Loren Legarda, who authored the Expanded National Integrated Protected Areas Systems Act to prohibit the commercial development and destruction of environmentally sensitive areas.
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Salverria, L.,& Gascon, M. (2018, May 06). Loren fumes, sets probe of DENR move to open protected areas. Philippine Daily Inquirer, p. A4.
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