Filipino conservationists Ann and Billie Dumaliang have been recognized for their efforts in sustainable tourism by American magazine Vanity Fair.
“For 20 years, the Dumaliang sisters have been in the karst landscape of Masungi Georeserve, with the goal of protecting 430 hectares of rainforest in Rizal in the Philippines,” states their profile in the magazine’s Hollywood Issue by editor Michelle Jana Chan. “They have helped to rewild the land (depleted by deforestation and quarrying), establish monitoring trails, and integrate the local community.”
Besides its forest and biodiversity, Masungi Georeserve is also known for its limestone rocks that are about 60 million years old.
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