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IFUGAO, Philippines — Aided by a pair of glasses and a traditional short, curved dagger, 69-year-old farmer Rosita Gano harvests rice grains, one stalk after another, using only one hand, a passed-on skill she has mastered through decades of practice. The harvest from the cluster of rice terraces she inherited from her forebears ensures her […]
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) BMB reported that a total of 244 PAs covering more than seven million hectares have been either legislated or proclaimed in 2020, pursuant to Republic Act 11038 or the Expanded National Integrated Protected Areas (E-NIPAS) Act of 2018. DENR Assistant Secretary and concurrent BMB Director Ricardo Calderon said the importance of designating PAs could not be overstated. “Without the legislated and proclaimed PAs in the Cagayan and Marikina River Basin, the devastation of typhoon Ulysses could have been worst for the wildlife and the communities dependent on t...