Paradise Threatened
April 24, 2002 | 12:00am
Rampant illegal logging in the municipality of El Nido, Palawan, is threatening one of the Philippines' prime tourist destinations.
An anonymous tip given to the Protected Area Office (PAO) of El Nido alerted park rangers to the extensive logging on the island of Matinloc, a part of El Nido's 33-hectare Protected Area.
PAO rangers who arrived in Matinloc confirmed the presence of 27 big Ipil trees and five more trees of other species, all of which were already cut down and in the initial stages of being sliced into lumber.
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