Civil groups’ help eyed vs owners of illegal structures

BACOLOD CITY: The Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office of Negros Occidental has urged civil society organizations (CSOs) and environment groups in the province to help it go after and prosecute owners of illegal structures inside the Northern Negros Natural Park (NNNP).

Andres Untal told The Manila Times that as superintendent of the NNNP, he wants “to join hands with these groups to form [a] multisectoral enforcement task force without any clearance from the Protected Area Management Board (PAMB).”