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Published July 14, 2021, 11:25 AM
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) urged the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the Anti-Illegal Logging Task Force (AILTF) on Wednesday, July 14, to file criminal and administrative charges against government officials and private entities involved in the continued violation of environmental laws in the protected watershed areas of San Roque in Baras, Rizal.
DILG Undersecretary and spokesperson Jonathan Malaya said that the guilty parties should be held accountable for “the illegal entry, illegal logging and encroachment/construction of a private resort and other infrastructure within the Upper Marikina River Basin Protected Landscape (UMRBPL) in Rizal.’’
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Conducted by members of the newly-formed DENR-Environmental Law Enforcement and Protection Service (ELEPS) and National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), the operation that led to the confiscation of the tree parts took place last June 15.
ELEPS Director Reuel Sorilla said 18 kilograms of agarwood, which have a market value of P2.9 million, were seized from suspects Mark Gil Espino and Nathaniel Avelino at a coffee shop parking lot on West Avenue in Quezon City.
“But the real worth of the contraband is placed at P29 million, or at least 10 times more than its market value, if we will factor in the environmental services that were lost as a result of the illegal cutting of these threatened trees,” Sorilla said.
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