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THE Protected Area Management Board (PAMB) is recommending a yearly closure of Mount Apo.
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Davao Regional Public Affairs Office (DENR-RPAO) Chief Jayvee Agas told SunStar Davao in a phone interview on Thursday, April 8, 2021, that this was one of the recommendations during a meeting on March 31.
Agas said the board recommended that there will be a regular rehabilitation period of Mount Apo through a yearly three-month closure or “offset season,” particularly from June to August. The reason for this para magkaroon ng (is to have a) rehabilitation activities within the Mount Apo Natural Park. When you say rehabilitation, kasama na doon ang (this includes) cleanup drive, tree planting activities, and we have to do some strategies para magkaroon tayo ng (to have) other facilities, she said.
SunStar PAMB defers Mount Apo closure
DEFERRED. The Protected Area Management Board (PAMB) deferred the closure of Mount Apo Natural Park to trekkers, saying that it can be rehabilitated without the closure. Earlier, Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Davao Region Executive Director Bagani Fidel Evasco said they were looking at the possibility of closing the trails “due to the unappealing findings from the team’s recent conduct of trail and camp assessment.” (Photo by DENR-Davao)
+ THE Protected Area Management Board (PAMB) has deferred the closure of Mount Apo from trekkers.
In a press statement, PAMB adopted the deferment of the agendum for the closure of Mount Apo Natural Park (MANP) during its emergency en banc meeting on Tuesday, February 23.