Pagprotekta sa kapaligiran at batas sa pagmimina, babalansehin

MANILA, Philippines — Magsasagawa ng masusing pagbabalanse ang gobyerno ni Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr. upang protektahan ang kapaligiran at ipatupad ang batas ng bansa sa responsableng pagmimina.

“In terms of protecting the environment, it’s very clear what the position of this government has always been... It has been an important part of all our policies, that we are environmentally conscious, that we are moving the economy towards green technologies, we are moving our production of power towards renewables,” ani Marcos.

“So in that regard, all our forest cover is important and must remain --- that is giving the Philippines, we fall into the category of a carbon sink country because of our forest cover and so that is a very valuable asset for the Philippines,” dagdag ng Pangulo.

Sinabi rin ng Pangulo na maaari na ngayong pagkakitaan ng bansa ang kagubatan nito habang isinusulong ang mas aktibong  monitoring, regulating at pangangalaga ng mga gubat.

Tungkol sa pagmimina, binanggit ni Marcos na ang pagsaliksik at pagkuha ng mineral ay napakahalagang bahagi ng plano ng kanyang administrasyon para sa ekonomiya, gayunpaman, idinagdag na hindi nais ng gobyerno na makakita ng mga insidente na nangyari sa nakalipas na ilang taon.

“So it is really a question of enforcing the law in terms of responsible mining and that is what we will continue to do. We will always make sure that the mining companies who come in, once they are finished mining that they leave the site in the same condition as it was when they found it,” ani Marcos.