OUR trees are bleeding yet again as metal chains and barbed wires have pierced through the bark and branches of the forests in the southern region of the Sierra Madre. Despite its teeming biodiversity, life and resources, the Masungi Georeserve has already been forced to the brink of its natural capacity to recover after being extensively mined and logged over the past decades. Standing within only an hour’s drive from the bustling congested center of Metro Manila, this natural georeserve serves as an immersive nature experience for the youth and city dwellers to explore and be wild again. The fight to protect Masungi and our last remaining wild lands has just begun. Ecotourism in the Masungi Georeserve has already provided livelihood to local communities by involving indigenous communities of the Dumagat tribe.

Source: Manila Times March 12, 2020 16:07 UTC