Palawan-based Environmental Legal Assistance Center (ELAC) urged the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to conduct an investigation into the alleged use and occupation of untitled lands and ancestral domains in El Nido, Palawan by a scion of the Zobel de Ayala clan. The group claimed the reclamation activities, allegedly directed by Beatriz Zobel de Ayala and her associates, have not gone through the appropriate consultations and environmental impact studies, and have led to, among others, the destruction of mangrove areas in El Nido, Palawan. Malampaya Sound Protected Landscape and Seascape covers 200,115 hectares of both aquatic and terrestrial environment with diverse ecosystems in Taytay. It was declared a marine protected area in 2000.

Gomez, E. J. (2020, June 13). DENR probe urged on El Nido reclamation. The Manila Times, p. A3.