Villar: Replace security guards, rangers with drones

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Senator Cynthia Villar said the Department of Environment and Natural Resources should replace security guards and forest rangers with drones to watch over the country’s 4.5 million hectares of protected areas.

The hearing highlighted the current state of these key tourism sites, water quality assessments, and budget allocation by the DENR for conservation activities. Villar said security guards and forest rangers failed to watch over the protected area in Sitio Kapihan, Socorro town, Surigao del Norte which is now inhabited by more than 3,000 families.

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