Non-government organizations (NGOs) called for a blanket ban on logging, quarrying, and mining in Eastern Luzon’s Sierra Madre range, saying the mountains need to be kept intact to serve as a barrier to natural calamities. READ:
“The Sierra Madre is a source of livelihood. It keeps us safe. The Sierra Madre keeps our indigenous people safe. It balances our ecology so we have the right climate. It secures our future,” Southern Tagalog for Environmental Development and Protection Chairman Mark Almazan said at a forum on Monday.“The Sierra Madre wind and rain breaker,” Simeon T. Sioson, chairman of Federation of Central Luzon Farmers’ Cooperatives, said.
According to the Department of Agriculture , crop damage inflicted by Typhoon Karding hit P3.12 billion, affecting 170,762 hectares of farm land and 108,594 farmers and fisherfolk. The volume of lost production was estimated at 158,117 metric tons. “The impact of Karding on everyone in the agricultural community might have been worse had it not been for the Sierra Madre. The mountains both protect us from danger and ensure that we are able to produce food,” former Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources National Director and Tugon Kabuhayan Convenor Asis G. Perez added.
“About 17 million in brood stock fish would have been lost if not for the Sierra Madre. Luzon is number one in aquaculture production, and Central Luzon or Region III produces 16% by value,” he said.
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