Dear Gotz,
We are fighting our battles to protect Mt. Kanlaon in two fronts. On the legal fora we question the very constitutionality of the laws that now provide legality to EDC's ecological carnage. And on the other hand, we wanted to put an actual stop to the cutting of 4,213 trees...
Our recent court hearing scored victories and offered hope to our legal battle. But the slow grind of the legal process offered bleak prospects to, if not totally sealed, the fate of the remaining 3,000 plus trees.
By September 5 all of the trees we are trying to defend would have all been gone... And with them goes rare species of flora and fauna, the very rare Rafflesia Speciosa, including micro-organisms whose existence and characteristics would remain unknown to us. Whatever medical or scientific value they may have for the welfare of mankind would forever be lost.
Flaunting that they have planted 600,000 trees and reforested 536 hactares in Northern Negros, such a laudable feat in fact, the managers and owners of EDC have numbed their conscience and now wallow in ecological self-righteousness.
But a million trees can never replace a thriving bio-diversity that evolved, untouched by human hands, for years unnumbered. Human ingeniouity can not equal the silent workings of God's hands in husbanding His own creation.
You may join our ONE Negros Ecology Group at
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