Kaliwa dam project in the Sierra Madre would be disastrous for Luzon's defences as well as biodiversity, say conservationists.
and people across the main island of Luzon braced for impact, the country’s largest mountain range – the Sierra Madre – began to trend online.The Sierra Madre was “doing her thing”, said the tweet. Noru’s force appeared to be weakening.The Sierra Madre, which stretches for 500km, has long shielded the island of Luzon, including the capital, Manila, from the worst of the typhoons that form in the Pacific Ocean.
“There are about 16 thousand trees to be affected and more than half of those are coconut trees. The rest are mostly fruit bearing trees for the livelihood of the people in the area,” he said. There is a risk, he added, not only of the physical wearing down of the mountain, but also of destroying large sections of biodiversity.
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