Fisherfolk in Lake Bato, the 7th largest lake in the Philippines, can hope for more livelihood with the launching of the Lake Bato Conservation Project earlier this week. A joint undertaking by the provincial and local government officials, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), the Bureau Fisheries and Aqautic Resources (BFAR), and Senators Cynthia Villar and Allan Peter Cayetano, the project was launched in the fishing town of Bato last Wednesday. While lamenting that Lake Bato has deteriorated over the years, Camarines Sur Gov. Migz Villafuerte said concerned government agencies, national government leaders and the fisherfolk are now united in bringing life back to the lake.

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