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                    [Title] => World Bank, DENR form eco-watch
                    [Summary] => The World Bank and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) are mulling a Philippine Beach Eco-Watch to protect the environment, increase revenues, and spur further economic activities.


World Bank acting country director Chris Hoban stressed in a forum the importance of water quality, particularly for the Philippines.
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In its study, entitled "Philippines Environment Monitor 2002, WB said that such programs "carried out by local governments and the Metro Manila Development Authority over the last decade have reduced the number of smoky vehicles in the main roads" of Metro Manila.
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The annual payment we make for breathing dirty air, according to the World Bank, is: 2,000 lives lost prematurely and $1.5 billion in lost wages, medical treatment in the urban sprawl of Metro Manila, and the cities of Cebu, Davao and Baguio (P79.5 billion) — a figure equivalent to two percent of the country’s annual gross domestic product (GDP).
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World Bank acting country director Chris Hoban stressed in a forum the importance of water quality, particularly for the Philippines.
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In its study, entitled "Philippines Environment Monitor 2002, WB said that such programs "carried out by local governments and the Metro Manila Development Authority over the last decade have reduced the number of smoky vehicles in the main roads" of Metro Manila.
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The annual payment we make for breathing dirty air, according to the World Bank, is: 2,000 lives lost prematurely and $1.5 billion in lost wages, medical treatment in the urban sprawl of Metro Manila, and the cities of Cebu, Davao and Baguio (P79.5 billion) — a figure equivalent to two percent of the country’s annual gross domestic product (GDP).
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