Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto on Tuesday, June 21, supported calls for the cancellation of quarrying agreements in the Masungi Georeserve and the Upper Marikina Watershed. Photo from the Masungi Georeserve Sotto said in a tweet: "Pasig City is downstream of the Upper Marikina Watershed. If we don't...
A group of indigenous people (IP) once again prodded President Duterte to cancel the large-scale quarrying agreements found within the Upper Marikina River Basin Protected Landscape and the Masungi Geopark Project before he steps down from office on June 30. (File photo courtesy of Masungi...
Malacañang on Tuesday urged the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to look into alleged illegal quarrying and mining activities inside the protected area of Masungi Georeserve​ in Rizal. In a statement on Tuesday, April 26, Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said...
In the dead of the night of July 24, 2021, while the rest of Metro Manila and Sitio San Roque in Baras, Rizal were gradually preparing to sleep, several shots were heard coming from the middle of the forest. An eerie silence soon followed as the community waited for what will happen next. Soon...
Senator Risa Hontiveros has urged the Senate to conduct a probe into the recent slaying of two forest rangers of Masungi Georeserve in Barangay Pinugay, Baras, Rizal, who were shot at night amid heavy rains by still unidenfitied assailants. In filing Senate Resolution No. 806, Hontiveros said a...
Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNO) is offering security training programs for forest rangers following the attack on two forest guards of the Masungi Georeserve in Rizal on July 24. He said the attack on the two forest rangers of Masungi Georeserve was not...
Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment (Kalikasan PNE) has called for an independent investigation on the shooting of two forest rangers of the Masungi Georeserve on Saturday night, July 24, noting that the incident practically occurred under the cops' noses. (Photo by Max Kleinen/...
The Masungi Georeserve conservation organization reported late Saturday night, July 24, the shooting of two of its forest rangers at their reforestation site in Sitio San Roque, Barangay Pinugay, Baras, Rizal. (Photos from Masungi Georeserve Facebook page) A Facebook post from the non-profit...
A blatantly illegal and potentially catastrophic tree-cutting activity is taking place in the Upper Marikina Watershed. (Photo from Masungi Georeserve Facebook page) The Masungi Georeserve Foundation recently discovered what it described as a "tree massacre" during its on-the-ground inspection of...
Many Pinoys are fascinated by the famous cherry blossoms of Japan. Now, there is no need to travel far because there are native trees in the Philippines that are just as beautiful as the Sakura. Among thousands of native flowering trees in the country is Salinggogon ( Cratoxylum formosum ). It is...
The Masungi Georeserve expressed concern on Sunday night, May 16 over the continued forest fires around the wildlife sanctuary, particularly within the protected watershed. "Since April, there have been fires in the protected watershed around us and they have been accelerating the past few weeks,"...
