Legarda Highlights Stakeholders’ key role in Environmental Protection

Senator Loren Legarda has called on the private sector to play a pivotal role in environmental protection, emphasizing their significant impact on the ecosystem.

To close the 2024 Philippine Environment Month this June, Senator Legarda reminded the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) partner-stakeholders of their crucial role in environmental protection.

“We call on the sector here with the greatest potential for both harm and positive change — the private sector,” Legarda said in a message.

“You can be the guiding force in our economy, embracing natural capital accounting, and adopting business practices that enhance rather than exploit natural ecosystems,” she added.

“The academe will provide the strategic insights needed for success, while the role of the government remains crucial.”

Legarda, a four-term senator, has long pushed for environmental laws since first being elected into office in 1998.

She had led the passage into law of many landmark pieces of legislation such as the Wildlife Resources Conservation and Protection Act, the Expanded NIPAS of 2018, and the Climate Change Act of 2009.

During the ongoing 19th Congress, the experienced solon principally authored and sponsored the Philippine Ecosystem and Natural Capital Accounting System (PENCAS) Act, which is crucial for the inclusion of the value of finite natural resources into the national accounting system, contributing to more informed environmental management decisions.

“Partnerships among all these sectors are flexible and focused, amplifying impact, and increasing knowledge sharing and testing,” remarked Legarda.

“When partnerships succeed, whether through the removal of species from the threatened species list, the rehabilitation of hectares of land, or schools adopting zero waste and edible schoolyards, we should celebrate these achievements,” she concluded. (30)

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Hinikayat ni Senador Loren Legarda ang pribadong sektor na aktibong makilahok sa mga aktibidad na para sa kalikasan dahil sa malaking maiaambag ng naturang sektor sa pagprotekta ng ating mga likas na yaman.

Pinaalahanan ni Legarda ang mga miyembro ng pribadong sektor at iba pang stakeholders ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) na importante ang kanilang gampanin para sa pangangalaga ng kalikasan.

“We call on the sector here with the greatest potential for both harm and positive change — the private sector,” talumpati ni Legarda.

“You can be the guiding force in our economy, embracing natural capital accounting, and adopting business practices that enhance rather than exploit natural ecosystems,” dagdag niya.

“The academe will provide the strategic insights needed for success, while the role of the government remains crucial.”

Naging adbokasiya na ng senador ang pagpapasa ng mga batas ukol sa pag protekta ng kalikasan, mula nang siya ay unang mahalal sa Senado noong 1998.

Pinangunahan niya ang pagpapasa ng mga batas tulad ng Wildlife Resources Conservation and Protection, Expanded NIPAS of 2018, at Climate Change Act of 2009.

Siya rin ay nagsilbing principal author at sponsor ng Philippine Ecosystem and Natural Capital Accounting System (PENCAS) Act, na mahalaga para masinop na pagbibilang at pagtatala ng mga likas na yaman ng bansa. Ang makakalap na datos sa PENCAS ay makakatulong sa paggawa ng mga importanteng polisiya ng pamahalaan at sa patulog na pagpapalakas ng ekonomiya.

“Partnerships among all these sectors are flexible and focused, amplifying impact, and increasing knowledge sharing and testing,” ani Legarda.

“When partnerships succeed, whether through the removal of species from the threatened species list, the rehabilitation of hectares of land, or schools adopting zero waste and edible schoolyards, we should celebrate these achievements.” (30)