The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) hopes to use Boracay as instructional material to tell the world what environmental destruction and efforts to reverse it could bring. Cimatu said protecting ocean health was given deeper meaning in the Philippines by the Boracay case. After describing Boracay as a cesspool, Mr. Duterte ordered the island closed for six months through Proclamation No. The DENR said it was implementing a program that would address Boracay’s environmental woes—fixing its sewage and solid waste problems, removing illegal structures and clearing road easements. ADVERTISEMENTThe conference would draw from commitments and calls for action made at last year’s United Nations Ocean Conference held in New York and attended by representatives of 193 countries.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 08, 2018 22:41 UTC