{"id":164103,"date":"2018-05-18T14:40:32","date_gmt":"2018-05-18T18:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=164103"},"modified":"2018-05-18T14:40:32","modified_gmt":"2018-05-18T18:40:32","slug":"bid-to-solve-boracay-encroachment-problem-advances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/05\/18\/bid-to-solve-boracay-encroachment-problem-advances\/","title":{"rendered":"Bid to solve Boracay encroachment problem advances"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The government is making headway in addressing Boracay Island’s woes on encroachment in wetlands, forest land, and easements nearly a month after the shutdown of this top tourist destination began. (Photo by Energy FM 107.7 Kalibo via PNA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA —\u00a0The government is making headway in addressing Boracay Island’s woes on encroachment in wetlands, forest land, and easements nearly a month after the shutdown of this top tourist destination began.<\/p>\n

“Wetlands and forest land are being monitored with the relocation of boundaries almost completed,” Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu said in his Boracay clean-up and rehabilitation update released Friday.<\/p>\n

Cimatu said about 40 percent of the 842 forest land occupants in the island had been given notice to vacate their areas.<\/p>\n

He said the interagency task force assigned to clean up Boracay is also recovering the monuments previously placed there by the National Mapping and Resource Information Authority to mark the 30-meter no-building easement guide and, thus, identify the structures to be affected by the cleanup.<\/p>\n

“There were also 206 establishments issued with show cause orders,” the environment chief added.<\/p>\n

A show cause order requires a party to explain why the government must not take certain action against it.<\/p>\n

Marking boundaries of wetlands, forest land, and easements aims to define these areas to prevent encroachment in the future.<\/p>\n

Cimatu said the clearing operations of the public works department and the Aklan provincial government have also begun along Boracay’s main road.<\/p>\n

“Road easements are being monitored,” he said. “Some of the updates include demolishing 100 percent of structures from Cagban to Rotonda Road. There’s ongoing demolition along the main road.”<\/p>\n

Cimatu noted that some owners of structures encroaching on road easements had opted to demolish these themselves.<\/p>\n

“I’m pleased to note the positive response of locals to the rehabilitation efforts, as it redounds to enormous benefits not only to them but also to the environment,” he said.<\/p>\n

Various agencies continue working on saving Boracay from further deterioration, he added.<\/p>\n

Cimatu is heading the inter-agency task force created by President Rodrigo Duterte through Executive Order 53 this year to reverse the environmental degradation in Boracay Island.<\/p>\n

The government has subjected the famed tourist spot to a six-month closure period to speed its rehabilitation.<\/p>\n

Encroachment on wetlands, forest land, and easements is one of the major environmental problems in Boracay, aside from water pollution and mounting solid waste.<\/p>\n

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