Tree Experts: Prioritize Planting Native Trees in Idle Lands

Native tree experts and enthusiasts highlighted the importance of native trees in enhancing biodiversity and addressing climate change, as well as encouraged the public to plant more native trees, including fruit-bearing species, in idle and private lands as a commercial venture, during the 14th episode of “Stories for a Better Normal: Pandemic and Climate Pathways” with the topic “Planting Native Trees.”
The online conversation hosted by Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda featured native tree enthusiasts, including Atty. Asis Perez, Senior Legal Adviser […]

P.A. Talk Episode 3 highlights Ecotourism in Protected Areas

Three protected areas in the Philippines have enjoyed phenomenal success in ecotourism. They have transported Filipinos not just to parts of their own country but almost to a different world. Batanes, Apo Reef, and Apo Island have shown that visitors can coexist with protection of sensitive ecosystems. How are they faring during a pandemic? Are they taking a breather and in better shape or are people taking more liberties and acting against conservation due to income loss?
In the third episode […]

Legarda: Stronger Support for Farmers Needed to Achieve Sustainable Agricultural Productivity

Deputy Speaker and Antique Lone District Representative Loren Legarda stressed the need for strengthened support for Antique farmers to increase their agricultural productivity and promote food sufficiency of the province.

“Our farmers bring food to our table, yet they belong to one of the poorest sectors in the society. We have to enhance rural livelihoods by promoting programs and providing better livelihood opportunities to our farmers to ensure agricultural productivity and food sufficiency in Antique,” Legarda said.

Planting Native Trees in 14th Episode of “Stories for a Better Normal” Series

MANILA, 19 August 2020 — For the 14th episode of “Stories for a Better Normal: Pandemic and Climate Change Pathways,” with the topic “Planting Native Trees,” native tree experts and enthusiasts will discuss how native trees have higher value both commercially in tree farms and for biodiversity and how they aid in addressing the adverse impacts of climate change.

The episode, hosted by House Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda, will air on Thursday, 20 August 2020, 10:00 AM via Facebook Live at facebook.com/conglorenlegarda and facebook.com/CCCPhl/.

Legarda Continues to Provide Assistance to Antique Fisherfolk

Deputy Speaker and Antique Congresswoman Loren Legarda continues to value the natural resources of Antique and the untiring labor of the Antiqueños as she brings to the province programs and assistance for sustainable livelihood in the fisheries sector.

“Antique has abundant marine resources. Majority of Antiqueños depend on the coastal biodiversity for their daily food consumption and for their income. Thus, we have to further aid the fisherfolk with programs and services to protect their livelihood and at the same time maintain food security in the province,” Legarda said.