President Rodrigo Duterte has formed a committee that will study the implementation of a total log ban in the country.

“The President has ordered that a tripartite convergence committee be formed, composed of DENR [Department of Environment and Natural Resources], DA [Department of Agriculture], and DILG [Department of the Interior and Local Government] to discuss details of a total log ban in order to protect our watersheds,” Presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella said in a statement.

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