Lower Sierra Madre Conservation

Dona Remedios Trinidad, Bulacan

The Sierra Madre forests are home to hundreds of wildlife species, many of which are unique to the Philippines, it is also one of the major drivers of the Philippine economy, as its watersheds provide services that support major infrastructure, including dams that irrigate thousands of hectares of farm lands, and water utilities and power plants that supply Manila, the capital and industrial cente ...

r of the Philippines. Although protected on paper, much of the Sierra Madre is still under threat from human encroachment and associated timber poaching, mining, conversion of forests for agriculture, and migration. In Quezon and Rizal the indigenous Dumagat work with organizations to monitor illegal logging.

Lower Sierra Madre Mountain Range Conservation News

  • Mga Proyekto Aktibidad Na Makasisira Sa Kalikasan Pipigilan Ng Sierra Madre Council

    Pinagtibay ng mga kinatawan ng iba't ibang katutubo, Academe, Non-Government Organizations, mga opisyal at kawani ng mga ahensiya ng gobyerno at mga local na pamahalaan sa Rehiyon 3 ang pagtatalaga ng kanilang mga sarili upang pangalagaan ang natitirang likas na yaman ng bulubundukin ng Sierra Madre.

    Sa pamamagitan ng kasunduan na pinagkaisahan ng mga miyembro ng binubuong Sierra Madre Council, tinukoy ang mga aktibidad at proyektong nakapaloob sa mga programang pangkaunlaran na nakikitang banta sa paglala ng pagkawasak ng kalikasan.

    Pangunahin ang logging, mining, pagtatayo ng malalaki ...

  • Environmentalist Group Opposes Dam Projects In Sierra Madre

    An environmentalist group has asked the government to tap modern technology and water conservation programs to avert the impending water crisis in Metro Manila, instead of pushing dam projects in Sierra Madre.

    Fr. Pete Montallana, president of Save Sierra Madre Network Alliance (SSMNA), said his group would continue to oppose all dam projects in Sierra Madre, as water concessionaires in Metro Manila were looking for alternative sources to augment the water supply from Angat Dam in Bulacan province.

    Montallana, a Franciscan, said building dams in the northern section of Quezon province co ...

  • Forest Destruction To Remove Barrier Vs Storms Says Group

    The role of Sierra Madre as a protective barrier against typhoons is now being threatened by illegal logging and destructive farming practices in sections of the mountain ranges that stretches from Quezon to Cagayan provinces, environmentalists warned.

    Fr. Pete Montallana, president of Save Sierra Madre Network Alliance (SSMNA), said all storms that entered the country and passed through the Sierra Madre had weakened and spared population centers from widespread destruction.

    "Sierra Madre is now losing her capacity to absorb a storm's fury because of rampant illegal logging and other des ...

  • IP Summit 2016

    This is the preview of the IP Summit that has being done on September 23-26, 2016 and was part of Save Sierra Madre day at Ninoy Aquino Park and Wildlife Center in Quezon City organized by Save Sierra Madre Network Alliance Inc (SSMNA).

    In this summit, the IPs echoed their feelings and their convictions in saving the Sierra Madre. This event was attended by 72 IPs from Cagayan Valley to Camarines Norte. Not only that, there were NGOs, CSOs and Government Officials present to cater their cry for justice in their ancestral domain and for their civil rights for education, social services, live ...

  • Amid Criticism DENR Pursues Antilogging Drive In Sierra Madre

    Teams from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) have continued scouring the Sierra Madre mountain ranges in Quezon province to seek out illegal loggers amid criticisms from a group that it has failed to stop tree-cutting activities there.

    On Friday, the DENR, police and military personnel recovered 80 pieces (1,324 board feet) of abandoned lumber sawn from hardwood species in the mountains of General Nakar town in Quezon, said Miliarete Panaligan, head of community environment and natural resources office based in the neighboring town of Real.

    The renewed anti-illeg ...

  • Illegal Logging Returns To Sierra Madre

    Illegal logging has returned to Sierra Madre, and environmentalists seeking to preserve what is left of the mountain range are pointing to poverty as its main propeller.

    "We're sad that poor mountain dwellers, some of them tribal people, are forced to join the rape of the mountain due to extreme poverty," Zander Bautista, assistant executive director of Save Sierra Madre Network Alliance (SSMNA), said in a phone interview.

    SSMNA is a multisectoral network of indigenous peoples' groups, nongovernment organizations, religious and other individuals working for the conservation and protectio ...