Thursday, February 3, 2011

MALACAÑANG DECLARES MORATORIUM ON LOGGING


illegal logging
by abs-cbnNEWS.com
The government will neither issue nor renew any logging contracts and tree cuttingpermits following the issuance of Executive Order No. 23.

EO 23 declares a “moratorium on the cutting and harvesting of timber in natural and residual forests nationwide,” according to a briefer uploaded in www.gov.ph. Malacañang said President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III issued the order on Wednesday.
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