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The Culture andThe Culture and
Ecosystem ofEcosystem of
Palawan: An OverviewPalawan: An Overview
Fr. Reynante Aguanta
Apostolic Vicariate of Taytay, Palawan

A
Glimpse
of
Palawan
Culture…

Sa Kapupuroan
Sa kapupuroan
maambeng,
Kung masanag ngani ang
bulan.
Mga bata ig mga malam
Aga pamasiar sa pantalan.
Mga solteros ig daraga
Aga gitara ig magkaranta.
Kada isara mi isara
Maambeng anang leba.
(Repeat)
Pagkasanag ngani
dayong parakon sa
uma.
Magkaingin,
magsaripsip;
Magpaligid kung mainit
Maluto ron ngani ang
paray sa bukid.
Dayon sandang
parantek
Magrelebek-lebek.

Amos mga tangay
Amos kamo mga tangay
Masarot-saot kita anay
Lipatan ta ateng kapilay
Magpanari anay
Dading luto ron ang paray
Kita magkalipay
Indi tay panumbaelen
Ang ateng kabedlay.
(Repeat)

Toting, ara kami kanyugan
Ang bisyo y nanay pirming pamagatnan
Anang ing dadara, ungot sanda tunggan
Ang andang semseman kugita ig subingan
(Repeat)
Ay Toting… TOTING!!!
Toting

The
connection
of
culture
and
the
ecosystem
of Palawan

“’Laudato Si’, mi’ Signore!’ St. Francis
of Assisi reminds us that our common
home is like a sister with whom we
share our life and a beautiful mother
who opens her arms to embrace us.”
- LS # 1
The uniqueness of the Philippine
Archipelago particularly Palawan

(Source: Conservation International)

As an Island Ecosystem…
• Unique, Fragile and Vulnerable
• Distinction:
– Evolution of flora and fauna has
taken place in relative isolation
– Endemism and rich biodiversity
• Many remote islands have some of the most unique
flora in the world; some have species of plants and
animals that are not found anywhere else, which
have evolved in a specialized way, sheltered from
the fierce competition that species face on mainland.
(http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept)

As an Island Ecosystem…
• “Palawan is composed of a long main island
lying in a northeast to southwest axis and
surrounding it are clusters of lesser
islands…..The main island has a tall steep
mountain spine running down its length fringed
by narrow coastal plans protected from storm
waves by fringing coral reefs and mangrove
swamps. Although seemingly lush and bountiful,
the environment of Palawan is fragile and its
topsoils are relatively thin, poor and prone to
erosion.”
(Source: Strategic Environmental Plan for Palawan, Towards Sustainable
Development, Prepared by the Palawan Integrated Area Development
Project Office with the assistance of Hunting Technical Services Limited
England in association with the Orient Integrated Development
Consultants, Inc., Philippines and Sir Mac Donald and Partners, England)

• almost 1.5 million has. (land area)
• pop. 800,000 (approx)
• 53 % forest cover (PCSDS)
•80+% live below the poverty line
(PPDO)
•30% of Philippines’ mangrove
cover
•40% of country’s coral reef cover
•40% of Philippine endemics
•2 World Heritage Sites
(Tubbataha Reefs, PPSRNP)
•Most Number of Protected Areas
in the Philippines

Palawan has 1,959 kilometers of
coastal area which has several
coves, bays and 176 fishing
grounds, like Malampaya Sound
sa Taytay, Honda Bay in Puerto
Princesa City, Coron Bay, Bacuit
Bay sa El Nido.

15 lakes,
42 ponds,
44 waterfalls,
72 natural
springs,
9 mineral
springs,
28 principal
rivers,
43 streams
and 165
creeks which
are potential
sources of
water for
household
and irrigation
use

604,765 hectares of forest (DENR, 2005)

As Island Ecosystem…
• “Palawan’s forests support a unique and highly
diverse flora and fauna…Many of Palawan’s
fauna are unique and are considered rare,
threatened or endangered.”
– With few botanical expeditions in the past, many
botanists feel that there are more undiscovered
species of plants.
– Such diversity serve as basis for declaring Palawan
as a “Game Refuge and Bird Sanctuary” in 1967, as
Mangrove Reserve in 1981 and as part of UNESCO’s
“Man and Biosphere Reserve”.
• “Last Frontier” description signifies abundant
and untapped resources, relatively unravaged by
resource overexploitation.
(Source: SEP document)

44,500 hectares of mangroves which have some 28
species of the total 31 species found in the country
(CI 2007)

PALAWAN’S BIODIVERSITY…
• 13 speciesof seagrassrecorded in Palawan (81% of the
known seagrassspeciesin thecountry)
• 31 speciesof mangrovesin Palawan (90% of theknown
mangrovespeciesin thecountry)
• 44,500 hectaresof mangroveforestsin Palawan (40% of
theremaining mangrovesin thecountry)
• 379 speciesof corals(82% of thetotal coral species
recorded in theentirecountry)
• 89% of total reef fish recorded in thecountry isfound in
thecorridor
• 4 of the5 marineturtlesarefound in Palawan
• 15 of the25 recorded marinemammalsarereported
from Palawan (Credit: Conservation International)

• 18 speciesof freshwater fish isfound in Palawan (50%
endemic to theprovince)
• 26 speciesof amphibians(25% endemic to thecountry,
majority areconfined to thecorridor
• 69 speciesof reptilesfound in thecorridor (29% are
endemic to thecountry)
• 279 speciesof birds(10% areendemic to thecountry)
• 34% of bird speciesaremigratory, making theregion a
vital flyway for migratory birds
• 58 speciesof terrestrial mammalsarerecorded, 19 or
33% areendemic to thecountry, 16 arerestricted to the
corridor
(Credit: Conservation International)
PALAWAN’S BIODIVERSITY…

BAD NEWS!
 The Philippines is the most
threatened in the world,
particularly the endemic
species.
 Regarded as “hottest of the
conservation hotspots”.
 And so is Palawan…

“Our common home cries out to us because
of the harm we have inflicted on her by our
irresponsible use and abuse of the good
with which God has endowed her.”
-LS # 2

Ang Kapaligiran ngAng Kapaligiran ng
Palawan: Patuloy angPalawan: Patuloy ang
mga Banta at Hamonmga Banta at Hamon
Atty. Grizelda Mayo-Anda
Co-convenor, Palawan Green Thumb Coalition (GTC)

Mining, Extractive andMining, Extractive and
Major InfrastructureMajor Infrastructure
Projects in KeyProjects in Key
Biodiversity Areas,Biodiversity Areas,
Protected Areas, NO-Protected Areas, NO-
GO areasGO areas

“Now, faced as we are with global
environmental deterioration… calls us to
enter into dialogue about our common
home.”
-LS # 3
What’s happening now in Palawan…

Current Threats to Palawan’s
Biodiversity
“The created things of this world are not free
of ownership: For they are yours, O Lord,
who love the living.”
- LS # 89

Illegal Fishing
“Whether or not, we are agreed today that the
earth is essentially a shared inheritance, whose
fruits are meant to benefit everyone.”
-LS # 93

Tourism development (island
selling, land grabbing, development
aggression, illegal logging)

Landgrabbing issues, especially
in ancestral domains

ISLAND SELLING
(photo credit: Dempto Anda)(photo credit: Dempto Anda)

Development Aggression

ILLEGAL LOGGING

Forest Destruction (logging,
conversion to plantations and
agriculture)

Illegal Logging

Conversion to plantation
Photo: Marc Lehmann

“Plantation is not reforestation.”

Roads and other Large
Infrastructure development
“In practice, we continue to tolerate that some
consider themselves more human than others, as
if they had been born with greater rights.”
-LS # 90

(photo credit: Palawan NGO Network, Inc. or PNNI)
““Ay Diyos KoAy Diyos Ko”” road in Barangay Caruray, San Vicenteroad in Barangay Caruray, San Vicente

(Ulugan Bay Road Project)Ulugan Bay Road Project)

Oil
exploration;
utilization of
coal and other
fossil fuels for
development
of
energy/power

Other Current Threats to Palawan’s
Biodiversity
• Depletion of marine resources
(mangrove destruction, overfishing, illegal
fishing)
• Wildlife hunting and smuggling
• Furniture industry
• Live fish industry
• Coastal area reclamation

1. Depletion and degradation of resources
- illegal and destructive fishing methods
- rapid coastal population growth
- lack of alternative livelihood and employment
opportunities
- indiscriminate collection
2. Pollution
- waste dumping from both industrial &
domestic
3. Siltation
- deforestation
- mine tailings
- mangrove conversion into fishpond
- reclamation & building of infrastructure

Location of 110
Mining claims in
Palawan

San Vicente- 5 apps- 4, 993/2, 794.6 hectares silica
Roxas- 8 apps – 7, 014/ 43, 455 hectares silica
Name of
Municipality
Number of
Applications
Hectares of
land
Mineral/s
Coron 8 457
El Nido 4 150
31
Silica
Natural gas
Taytay 6 30, 700.5 /
9, 307
Dumaran 2 777 / 677 Silica

Name of
Municipality
Number of
Applications
Hectares of
land
Mineral/s
San
Vicente
5 4, 993 /
2, 794
Silica
Roxas
8 7, 014 /
43, 455
Silica
Puerto
Princesa
City
8 23, 995 /
7, 569
Nickel
Marble
Aborlan
13 24, 398 /
965.5
Nickel

Name of
Municipality
Number of
Applications
Hectares of
land
Mineral/s
Quezon 11 35, 320 /
10, 376
Nickel and
Limestone
Narra 15 12, 416 /
641
Nickel,
Chromite
Silica
Rizal 5 10, 865 /
2, 981.2
Nickel

Name of
Municipality
Number of
Applications
Hectares of
Land
Mineral/s
Española
6 32, 642 /
2, 981.2
Nickel
Limestone
Brooke’s
Point 12 37, 135 /
17, 998 Nickel
Bataraza
8 72, 617 /
17, 998
Limestone,
Nickel,
HPP

Palawan Mineral Agreements
• 2011 ---- 429 mining applications
(exploration, mineral agreements,
industrial quarrying)
• 2012 ---- MGB cancelled more
than 400 applications
• 2013 ---- 19 MPSAs and
Exploration Permits (EP)

Mining Company Area of operation Mineral
Palawan Quicksilver Mining Inc.
(PQMI)
Sta. Lourdes, Puerto
Princesa City
Mercury
Atlas Consolidated Mining & Dev.
Corp.
Sta. Lourdes, Puerto
Princesa City
Gold
Palawan Venture or Palawan
Consolidated Mining Co.
Irawan, Puerto Princesa
City
Chromite
Soriano Mining Corporation Aborlan, Puerto Princesa
City
Nickel
Trident Mining Corporation Narra, Palawan Nickel
Infanta Mining Corporation Brgy. Ipilan, Brooke’s
Point
Nickel
Celestial Mining Corporation Brgy. Ipilan, Brooke’s
Point
Nickel
Long Point Mining
Corporation/Soriano Mining
Berong, Quezon Nickel
Benguet Company Inc. Balabac Gold ore
Nin Bay Mining Corporation Roxas, Palawan Silica
Republic Glass Mining Corporation Roxas, Palawan Silica
Abandoned Mine Sites in Palawan (11)

Destruction of Forests and Wildlife
Land Use Changes in a Nickel Mining Area
(Credit: Conservation International and ELAC)

Open pit mining in Narra, Southern Palawan

Gotok mountain quarry in Bataraza, Palawan.
RTNMC is quarrying this mountain (classified as a
core zone due to its limestone forests).

Current state of the Gotok quarry site of the HPP project

Other Issues and Development
• Continuing exploration of MacroAsia in
Brooke’s Point
• Attempts of Ipilan Nickel Corporation and
Lebach Mining to start exploration and mineral
development
• Continuing violations by Citinickel Mining
Corporation (Citinickel) – 2x suspended and
now with Cease-and-Desist Order (CDO)
• Pollutive impacts of Narra Nickel Mining
Development Corporation (NNMDC) in Narra

FINDINGS: Location Map
•Causeway/Loading
Bay
•Stockpile – Drying
Area
•Siltation pond
•Assay Lab and
Motor Pool
•Camp site
•Sitio Tungib
•Sorex Road
•Mine site
•Alleged Kaingin
Site(Slide credit: Roger Garinga)

MMT Findings Summary
• No Proof of “Kaingin”. Only Active
mining. CENRO certification does not
stand (Unsubstantiated). See next slide
• No Cutting Permit, not reported to MMT
and MRFC nor to MGB prior to
operation
• Annual EPEP does not cover Area 12 –
in violation of ECC # 6.1(Slide credit: Roger Garinga)

Access road stripped of trees using SLUP
issued by RED but without tree cutting
permit. Is SLUP necessary inside MPSA
area? Violation of ECC condition # 2.2
(Slide credit: Roger Garinga)

Failure to submit detailed Silt traps prior to mine operation- in
violation of ECC condition # 2.1; Failure to install ADEQUATE
and EFFECTIVE water pollution control (Violation Of ECC
Condition # 3.4)

MMT Findings
SummaryFailure to effect stabilization and
erosion control within and
nearby gullies/creeks (Violation
of ECC Condition # 3.8.2)
Siltation traps
No Siltation traps, hence silt goes
to creek then to Berong River

ILLEGAL QUARRY – at the Delta of Berong River (No quarry
permit) = THEFT OF MINERALS

PREVIOUS
ISSUES VS
BNC
• 2 counts of Notice of
Violations (NOVs)
were issued
– One for spilled used
oil in their storage
area
– One for air pollution
in Sitio Tungib
(populated area of
Tagbanua Tribe)

OTHER ISSUES VS BNC, etc.
• Area Mined out where trees were cut using alleged fake cutting permit issued by
RED – Investigation report from RED Galeon has been requested since 2 quarters
ago
• Whether the permit is indeed fake, who were culprits, what sanctions imposed
• What happened to the cut logs here? DENR is required to monitor and cutting operation

•
Small Scale Mining Permits issued in areas without small
scale mining reservations (minahang bayan )

Cost and Risks of Mining
vis-à-vis
Biodiversity, Food
Security, Human Dignity

Impacts and Damages
• Household, community displacement
from subsistence or livelihood activities
• Reduced access or availability of local
water supply for in-site and off-site areas
• Unpaid use and depletion of
groundwater
• Pollution of surface water and aquifer
• Leakages, overflowing or collapse of
tailings dam
• Loss of biodiversity
• Impacts on health

Mt. Mantalingahan Protected Landscape
(MMPL), Southern Palawan

Potential Sand and Gravel and Nickel
Reserves Amount Value
Sand and Gravel* 11,044,104 m3
2.2 billion pesos
Nickel** 268,010 mt 12.8 billion pesos
TOTAL 15.0 billion pesos
*The volume of sand and gravel reserve was estimated on the assumption
that the total mineable length is 10% of the total length of all the rivers in the
watersheds and at a price of P200/m3
** The value for nickel was computed at P47,810/mt
Mt. Mantalingahan, Palawan

Mt. Mantalingahan
Total Economic Value (TEV)
THE VALUE OF ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS AND SERVICES
PRODUCED FAR EXCEEDS THE NET BENEFIT FROM MINING
Direct Use
(timber, farming, livestock production, non-
timber forest products gathering, river-
based livelihood, water and mining)
93.9 billion pesos
Indirect Use
(carbon stock, soil, conservation, watershed
and biodiversity functions, and protection of
marine biodiversity)
172.1 billion pesos
Total Economic Value
(2% discount rate)
266.0 billion pesos

On political, legal and economic
issues and concerns…
“If the simple fact of being human moves people
to care for the environment of which they are
part, Christians in their turn ‘realize that their
responsibility within creation, and their duty
towards nature and Creator, are an essential
part of their faith.”
- LS # 64

Mining under the Aquino
Administration
• Philippine Development Plan (2011 to 2016)
states that mining has “mixed results”
• Government admits that it has not developed,
nor applied, any standard for measuring the
environmental and social costs of mining, and
that it does not have the capability to
implement, enforce and monitor the laws.
• Executive Order No. 270-A (Minerals Action
Policy of the Arroyo Administration) has not
been repealed

Mining under the Aquino
Administration
• “Responsible Mining” has been identified
as an industry for development
• Executive Order No. 79 (July 2012)
– Suspends the processing of mining
applications pending the passage of a new
law that would increase the income of
government panibagong batas upang
seguraduhin ang pagtaas ng kinikita ng
pamahalaan
– “NO-GO ZONES” --- includes Palawan
– “Mineral exploration”

Policy Issues
• Mining policy is structured to fulfill
the foreign market, catering to the
need of the global extractive industry
players; Export-oriented and
Dependent on foreign capital
• Government prioritizes the
revitalization of the mining industry,
as expressed in the Mineral Action
Plan (EO 270 and 270-A)

Legal Issue
• Overgenerous fiscal incentives
and other benefits to mining
corporations in the use of our
mineral and other resources

Mining revitalization: Government isMining revitalization: Government is
selling our national patrimonyselling our national patrimony
 Mining Incentives under Mining Act of 1995
 Incentives of the Omnibus Investment
Code of 1987
 Investment Guarantees
 Repatriation of Capital
 Freedom from Expropriation
 Remittance from earnings and
interest on foreign loans
 Freedom from requisition of
properties
 Confidentiality of Information

Mining revitalization: Government isMining revitalization: Government is
selling our national patrimonyselling our national patrimony
 Mining Incentives under 1987 OmnibusMining Incentives under 1987 Omnibus
Investment CodeInvestment Code
 Fiscal incentivesFiscal incentives: tax exemptions, tax: tax exemptions, tax
credit on raw materials and supplies,credit on raw materials and supplies,
additional deductions from taxableadditional deductions from taxable
incomeincome
 Non-fiscal incentivesNon-fiscal incentives: employment of: employment of
foreign nationals, simplified importforeign nationals, simplified import
procedures, 10-year imports ofprocedures, 10-year imports of
consigned equipmentconsigned equipment

Incentives under Philippine Mining
Act
 Tax Holiday during recovery of pre-
operating expenses for a maximum of 5
years from commercial production
(FTAA)
 Income Tax carry forward of losses
 Income Tax accelerated depreciation of
fixed assets
 Exemption from payment of real property
taxes on pollution control devices

Existing Mining law gives more
benefits to mining corporations in the
use of our natural resources
(i) preference of “mining rights” over
“surface rights”
(ii) provision of “income tax holiday” under
the Omnibus Investment Code or EO 226
and other “tax incentives” under the Special
Economic Zone Act or RA 7916
(iii) Provision of ancillary rights like “timber
rights, water rights, easement rights”

Not a Single Centavo from Mining
Companies
“xxx the 1987 Constitution mandates the State
to exploit our mineral resources through direct
undertaking, joint venture, or co-production
arrangements. The purpose is for the State, as
owner of the mineral resources, to receive its
fair share in the profits from the exploitation of
our mineral resources. Sadly, for the last 20
years the State has not received a single
centavo from the profits of mining companies.”
Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio on Closing the Gaps between Law
and Justice, Regional Convention of Mindanao lawyers on November 30,
2007, Davao City

Legal Issues
• Unclear rules and regulations on the
implementation of the 1% royalty share
for the affected Indigenous
Peoples/Communities
• Non-compliance with environmental
laws, safety standards and permit
requirements
• Institutional: Weak regulatory
mechanisms; weak Implementation of
existing laws

Consent and Acceptability
Issues
• Effect of Moratorium
Ordinances
• Effect of Free, Prior and
Informed Consent (FPIC)
under the Indigenous Peoples’
Rights Act (IPRA, RA 8371)
• Social Acceptability processes

Other Legal Issues
• Allowing “open
pit mining”
(cheap, fast and
easy to do but
destructive to the
environment)
which has been
prohibited in
some areas in
the US and
Canada

Weak Implementation
• Mining activities have been allowed in watersheds,
protected areas and core zones
– Violation of RA 7611 or Strategic Environmental
Plan for Palawan (SEP), which provides that all
natural forests (old-growth or residual forests)
are areas of maximum protection (Section 9, RA
7611)
• Allowing large-scale corporations to apply for
small-scale mining permits while their large-scale
mining permits or MPSAs (mineral production
sharing agreements) are being processed and
pending approval

Weak implementation
• Small scale mining has been allowed in
areas where no small-scale mining
reservations (minahang bayan) were
established

Why should we protect
Palawan’s Ecosystem?
• Last ecological frontier
• Palawan was declared as a national biosphere
• Reserve by the United Nations Educational
Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO) in 1990
• Home to 2 World Heritage Sites and 7
protected areas
• Has the largest remaining forest cover in the
country (54% or 804, 398 hectares)

Fast Facts:
• Country’s largest province with total
mainland area of 1.5 million hectares
• A narrow archipelago of 1, 700 islands
• Its length fro tip to tip is 650 kilometers
while total length of coastline is 2, 000
kms.
• Palawan is politically divided into 23
municipalities and one city

More facts…
• There are more than 200
species of bird and over 600
species of butterfly
• 16 endemic birds in Palawan
• 16 species of Palawan
endemic mammals

What are we doing in
Palawan?
“If someone has not learned to stop and
admire something beautiful, we should not
be surprised if he or she treats everything as
an object to be used and abused without
scruple.”
-LS # 215

Initiatives of Local Communities
Fight against Coal Power Plant

Initiatives of Local Communities
and Civil Society Groups in
Palawan
• Dialogues and Engagement with
government towards a participatory process
of energy development, particularly,
renewable energy
• Legal Actions: Special Civil Action forLegal Actions: Special Civil Action for
Prohibition and EPO with prayer for TEPOProhibition and EPO with prayer for TEPO
• Advocacy
– Barangay ordinance banning coal in their area
– Barangay ordinance prohibiting the conversion
of agricultural lands into industrial uses

Palawan Environmental Agenda
(a)Cessation of all forms of mining activities
in Palawan’s natural forests, protected areas
and key biodiversity areas
(b) Pro-active development of renewable
energy and a ban on the use of coal power
in the development of Palawan’s
energy/power agenda

Palawan Environmental Agenda
(c) Moratorium in the expansion of oil palm
and similar exotic plantations that threaten
Palawan’s biodiversity and the livelihood of
local communities;
(d) Stopping the conversion of Palawan’s
core zones in the upland, lowland coastal
areas in order to accommodate
infrastructure and extractive projects; and
(e) Halt land-grabbing activities especially
within ancestral domains.

What are we doing in Palawan?
We are
establishing
mechanisms to
protect key
biodiversity areas.
-Education & Awareness
(seminars, conferences,
capability building
activities, media
campaigns)
-Establishment of
Watersheds, Sanctuaries,
other Protected Areas

•We are developing
partnerships between
government, non-
government groups,
community groups
and the private sector
to promote
ecologically-friendly
programs, such as
eco-tourism, waste
management, clean
air and clean water
projects.

• We are supporting
efforts of local
communities (indigenous
communities, fisherfolks,
farmers) to manage their
ancestral domains and
community-based forest
management areas.
• Mustering support from
private sector (eg.
Mooring buoys from
Rotary Club of Puerto
Princesa, Rotary Club of
Makati and Ford
Foundation)

What we are doing in Palawan?
•We are doing
enforcement activities
to curb or stop
environmental crimes.
•We are advocating for
laws and ordinances to
establish sanctuaries,
watersheds, protected
areas and ban or
regulate destructive
activities.

•We are mobilizing
schools, citizen’s groups,
church groups, media to
support environmental
awareness and advocacy
campaigns.

• We are mapping and surveying
our identified wildlife habitat
areas, upland and coastal
forests and coral reef areas to
pave the way for the
establishment of protected
areas.
• We are monitoring
development activities to
ensure that they comply with
environmental laws.
• We promote good governance
by holding government officials
accountable for their failure to
implement environmental laws.

The Apostolic Vicariates of
Taytay and Puerto Princesa on
Ecological Issues
• Ecology as one of the of the pastoral priorities
• First Pastoral letter issued by the Bishop is on
the ecological integrity of Northern Palawan
(2005)
• Creation of the Ecological Ministry of the
Cathedral Parish in partnership with the
Academe (Taytay Central School) in 2014 and
adapted as Vicarial Ministry in 2015
• Social Action activities

CENTRAL TAYTAY
NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
(ENVIRONMENTAL
PROGRAMS/ACTIVITIES)
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
APOSTOLIC VICARIATE OF
TAYTAY- PALAWAN
AVT Mission Center
ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER VILLAGE
Poblacion, Taytay, Palawan

A CLEAN UP DRIVE At Taytay Municipal Cemetery,

A DAY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS
Pananagoman Tribal Community
Outreach Program
February 27, 2016

A CLEAN UP DRIVE at St. Joseph the Worker Cathedral Compound,

CHRISTMAS TREE MAKING (Recycled Materials)
at Central Taytay National High School, Poblacion, Taytay, Palawan

Central Taytay National
High school
Montevista, Poblacion,
Taytay, Palawan
ENVIRONMENTAL
ADVOCACY

BAYANI NG KALIKASAN
THE MANGROVE REFORESTATION PROJECT
AT SITIO QUELALA, POBLACION, TAYTAY,
PALAWAN
CENTRALIANS WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE
CORAL TRIANGLE INITIATIVE-SOUTH EAST
ASIA

“Society is also enriched by a countless array of
organizations which work to promote and to defend the
environment, whether natural or urban.”
- LS # 232

ADOPT A MOUNTAIN
PROGRAM
MT. MAMAKEN, POBLACION,
TAYTAY, PALAWAN

WHAT CAN WE DO?
“We must regain the conviction that we need one
another, that we have a shared responsibility for
others and the world, and that being good and
decent are worth it.”
-LS # 229

Promote Pubic Awareness
• Educate yourself, your family, your friends,
your co-workers and everyone you meet.
• The more people become aware of the
issues, the more likely they are to make
decisions that will be constructive!
• Be active - Speak up in a positive way in
your local community and organization and
help others to commit to conservation and
protecting the environment.

Support Conservation Activities
• Financial and technical assistance and logistical
support to protected area management bodies,
boards, councils
• Support the establishment of watersheds,
sanctuaries, other protected areas and the
implementation of their management plans (mapping,
surveying, enforcement)
• Alternative livelihood and development projects to
communities in areas confronted with
environmentally destructive activities (eg. Cyanide &
dynamite fishing, wildlife smuggling, mangrove
cutting)
• Help implement other eco-friendly programs (eg.
Solid waste management, bio-sand water filter
project)

Promote Citizens’ Monitoring & Advocate for
Good Governance
• Report incidence of environmental law
violations to concerned authorities or
groups
• Document environmental crimes (photos)
• Support passage of ordinances that
protect the environment
• Promote transparency, accountability and
participation in governance
• Vote wisely

•Conserve the
use of electricity
and water
•Put out lights that are
not in use or close the
television when
nobody is watching
According to studies abroad, 75% of electricity consumed at home
is stand by power to keep electronics running while they are off.

• Drive Less and Drive Smart
Less driving means fewer emissions. Besides saving
gasoline, walking and biking are great forms of
exercise.

Plant a Tree
A single tree will absorb approximately one ton of
carbon dioxide during its lifetime. During
photosynthesis, trees and other plants absorb carbon
dioxide and give off oxygen.

• If you are in
a business
that uses
fuel, switch
to renewable
energy
source
• Strive to
have a more
efficient
production
process
• Use efficient
lighting and
efficient use
of electrical
equipment.

Invest in projects
that can generate
carbon credits
and generate
more revenues

• Replace regular light
bulbs with compact
fluorescent light (CFL)
bulbs.
• Replacing just one 60-
watt incandescent light
bulb with a CFL will save
you Php30.00 over the
life of the bulb.
• CFLs also last 10 times
longer than incandescent
bulbs, and use two-thirds
less energy.
•Change a Light Bulb

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
• Recyclable products are
usually made out of things that
already have been used. It
usually takes less energy to
make recycled products than to
make new ones. The less
energy we use, the better.
• By recycling half of your
household waste, you can
save 2,400 pounds of carbon
dioxide annually.

As per proposals and
considerations…

NEW MINING POLICY NEEDED
Bridging the Gap between Law and
Justice

RENEWABLE ENERGY AVAILABLE IN
PALAWAN
(slide credit: Bart Duff)

Run-of-River Hydropower
instead of Coal
vs.
Run-of-River Hydropower Coal-fired Power Plant
(slide credit: Bart Duff)

Protecting our Environment and
Conserving our Natural Resources is a
Responsibility.
(photo credit: Conservation International)

“Only when the last tree has died,
the last river has been poisoned
and the last fish has been caught,
only then will man realize that
money cannot be eaten”
--- from a native Indian

Matebek ong
yaten tang
ampoan tang
Dios!

Matamang
salamat ong
nindiong
tanan!

Appeal to Msgr. Gerry Santos...
My brilliant and inspiring Moral
Theology Professor...
Help our Vicarial Ministry on Ecology
Thank you in advance, Mons! 

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