MANILA, Philippines — Senator Cynthia Villar on Thursday lectured the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) during a Senate hearing for issuing statements that seemingly dismissed the importance of protecting the environment, like the Marikina watershed.
The presentation of the DENR during the hearing of the Senate Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change read that: “If all urban development and quarrying are stopped and the Marikina Watershed are fully planted with 10-year old mature trees, it will require 9 times the area of Marikina Watershed to absorb all the water during Typhoon Ulysses.”
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