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Published March 4, 2021, 5:44 PM DAVAO CITY – A total of 199 kilos of trash were collected by mountaineers who volunteered in a five-day cleanup drive conducted in the Cotabato side of Mount Apo last month. A total of 199 kilos of trash were collected by volunteers during the cleanup activity at the peak of Mt. Apo. (Photo by King Bacamante/ MANILA BULLETIN) Shirley Uy, chief environmental officer of the President Roxas Sub-CENRO Field Office said they held the cleanup activity from Feb. 22 to Feb. 27. “Officially, 199 kilos of trash were collected. These were composed of plastics, food...

WIKIPEDIA/ MANILA BULLETIN Department of Environment and Natural Resources 11 (DENR-11) executive director Bagani Fidel Evasco, who is also the chairman of the Protected Area Management Board (PAMB), is pushing for the temporary closure of the Mt. Apo Natural Park due to the unappealing findings from their recent trail and camp assessment in Davao del Sur entry points.   The PAMB, however, adopted the deferment of the agendum for the closure of Mt. Apo during its emergency EnBanc Meeting on Tuesday, February 23, 2021. The decision to hold the closure was made after 25 of the members, both f...

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 ...

SunStar February 19, 2021 THE Department of Environment and Natural Resource (DENR)-Davao Region might order the closure of Mount Apo to trekkers if environmental laws and health protocols will not be strictly observed. In an issued notice to all stakeholders dated February 17, DENR-Davao Executive Director Bagani Fidel Evasco ordered the officials to further intensify the enforcement of environmental laws within the mountain. Evasco, together with selected officials and personnel from Davao Oriental and Davao del Sur, recently conducted a trail and camp assessment from February ...

SunStar Photo by Lymarc Roble February 17, 2021 THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-Davao Region is pushing for stricter trekking rules in Mount Apo after its monitoring team observed trash, vandalism, and "traces of drug substances" in the mountain. In a statement, DENR-Davao said the monitoring and assessment team, led by Regional Executive Director Bagani Fidel Evasco, along with some officials and protected area conservationists, went on trekking during the long weekend "to personally observe and assess the condition of the mountain." "The goal is to as...