DENR sues nickel firm for illegal tree cutting

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) on Friday filed before the Office of the Provincial Prosecutor of Palawan a criminal complaint against Ipilan Nickel Corp. (INC) over the massive indiscriminate cutting of trees in Brooke’s Point town.

In its complaint filed through Brooke’s Point Community Environment and Natural Resources Officer Conrado Corpuz, the DENR accused INC of felling 677 trees, most of which are hardwood species, in an area not covered by the tree cutting permit the company secured last year.