MANILA, Philippines — The Masungi Georeserve Foundation (MGF) is urging the government to cancel “once and for all” recently suspended agreements for quarrying in the Masungi Georeserve and the Upper Marikina River Basin Protected Landscape (UMRBPL). “We echo the continued call of experts, communities, and leaders to once and for all cancel the quarrying agreements in Masungi and the watershed, which will show a full and long-term commitment to their conservation,” the MGF said in a statement on Friday. “Non-operation or even a suspension is not a guarantee that quarry operations will not commence in the future. The foundation added that it believes the said quarrying companies “miserably failed” to justify the breaches in their contracts. “The logical and necessary next step is to cancel the MPSAs,” said the foundation.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 29, 2022 12:04 UTC