Tagbilaran Baywatch reiterates its call for the demolition of all illegal structures within the Chocolate Hills Natural Monument with payment of just compensation to affected property owners
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The pro-environment group also urged the government to demolish the structures found within the CHNM and compensate property owners.endorsed Proclamation No. 333, which created the protected area, states that the land within 20 meters from the baseline of every hill outward is considered part of the CHNM and serves as a drawback or buffer zone.the National Cultural Heritage Act
The proposed amendments of the new PAMB Resolution No. 2, s. 2024, included a ban on constructing buildings, fencing, pole/s, and other ecotourism related developments within the hills with unique features, excluding the rehabilitation of existing structures. “Tagbilaran Baywatch equally condemns these two illegal provisions of this new Resolution No. 2, Series of 2024, which, like its predecessors, violate the 20-meter buffer zone provided for by Proclamation No. 333 and adopted in ,” they said.
A copy of the resolution sent to Rappler by lawyer Esther Gertrude Biliran of the Tagbilaran Baywatch showed that the resolution was approved on May 4, 2012, and signed by former Department of Environment and Natural Resources Central Visayas director Maximo Dichoso.
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