Giovanni Tapang, Ph.D.
The Court of Appeals’ (CA) Special 13th Division issued a writ of kalikasan last May to stop the field trials of Bt Talong that was being undertaken in different parts of the country. In a decision penned by CA Associate Justice Isaias Dicdican, and concurred with Associate Justices Myra Garcia-Fernandez and Nina Antonio-Valenzuela, the appellate court enjoined the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and other agencies to stop the trials.