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    Boracay's restored wetland transferred to DENR, LGU
    Abad, Roderick L. (Philippine Business Daily Mirror Publishing, Inc., 2022-06-25)
    Timely to the celebration of Environment Month this June, the Aboitiz Group has turned over the rehabilitated Wetland No. 4 to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) as part of its commitment to preserve and protect biodiversity and surroundings on Boracay Island. Now known as the Balabag Wetland Park, the one-hectare lagoon area in Barangay Balabag has been transformed into a linear urban park. “The Aboitiz Group’s contribution to Boracay’s rehabilitation is part of our commitment to co-create safe, empowered, and sustainable communities. As sustainability is a major part of our Great Transformation into the Philippines’ first techglomerate, we will continue to do our part to uplift and bring focus to environmentally and socially impactful initiatives for all our stakeholders,” said Sabin M. Aboitiz, president and CEO of Aboitiz Group.
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    Gokongwei firm adopts Boracay wetland
    (Daily Guardian Multi-Media Services, Inc., 2019-03-30)
    After successfully partnering with private companies, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) was able to push for the revival of four wetlands in Boracay Island. Recently, the DENR had sealed their partnership with the JG Summit Petrochemical Corp (JGSPC) with the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for the rehabilitation of Boracay’s Wetland No. 8 located in Brgy Manoc-manoc. Secretary Roy A. Cimatu, signed the MOA on behalf of the DENR along with the Biodiversity Management Bureau (BMB) Director Crisanta Marie Rodriguez, and on behalf of the JGSPC, president and CEO Patrick Henry Go and vice-president Marino Agbayani signed the MOA. This new development highlighted the wetland adoption as a positive step towards biodiversity conservation.