Palawan should be paying close attention to Costa Rica. After decades of severe deforestation, Costa Rica's forest cover fell to less than a quarter...
In southern Palawan, degraded upland areas are turning into thriving agro-forestry sites that promote reforestation efforts of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources...
The farmers are part of the families being supported by the company in 14 barangays on its rosters as it engages in the transformation of the southern part of the province through its community-focused sustainable organic farming practices.
Lawrence San Diego, communications manager of USAID’s Protect Wildlife Project, said the distribution of the durian seedlings were carried out earlier this month to assist upland communities, indigenous peoples (IPs), and occupants of adjoining forestlands in the municipalities of Bataraza, Brookes, Sofronio Española, Quezon, and Rizal.
