Philippines: "After Moratorium Order, Immediately Cancel Logging Permits," ...

Philippines: "After Moratorium Order, Immediately Cancel Logging Permits," Kalikasan Tells PNoy   “We welcome Executive Order (EO) No. 23 by President Aquino which we hope, if genuinely implemented, will stop large commercial logging operations and slow down deforestation in the country,” said Clemente Bautista, national coordinator of the militant environmental activists Kalikasan PNE.   Executive Order No. 23 titled ‘Declaring a Moratorium on the Cutting and Harvesting of Timber in the...

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