La Mesa, Inayaowan declared protected sites
President Arroyo declared the La Mesa reservoir in Metro Manila and Mt. Inayaowan in Lanao del Norte protected sites the other day.
The La Mesa reservoir, as the President proclaimed, is a protected watershed but “subject to private rights” amid the claims of retired employees of the Metro-politan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) who are planning to put up housing units in a 58-hectare portion of the area, sending environmentalists in a rage.
“Here in Metro Manila, earlier this year, we proclaimed a critical habitat within the coastal lagoon of Las Piñas and Parañaque. And today, let me announce the proclamation of the Mt. Inayaowan range in Lanao del Norte as a protected area and national park,” Mrs. Arroyo said during the launch at the La Mesa Eco-park of the Trees for Life project which involves the planting of 20 million seedlings across the country in the next six months.
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