Oceana expressed alarm on the project, saying it posed harm not only Manila Bay itself but also on the site where the materials were sourced.
TO SAVE THE BAY A 500-meter stretch of the 190-kilometer coastline of Manila Bay will be covered with sand derived from crushed dolomite in a bid by the government to beautify the scenery and encourage the public to protect it. Environmental activists are not exactly pleased. —RICHARD A. REYES
“To cover the coast of Manila Bay with white sand, the government needs hundreds of tons of sand and this would have dire impacts to the coastal integrity of the source of this substrate,” they added. Ramos also urged the Biodiversity Management Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to intervene on the project.
He then explained that transporting sand is illegal under Republic Act No. 7942 or the Philippine Mining Act of 1995.
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