RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES; AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE STATUS OF THE BAKUD REEF IN KIAMBA, SARANGANI AFTER A STRANDED CARGO SHIP DAMAGED A PORTION OF A DECLARED PROTECTED SEASCAPE, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF REINFORCING THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK THAT REGULATES OUR COUNTRY'S MARINE WEALTH

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE INVENTORY OF RICE TERRACES IN THE PROVINCE OF IFUGAO THAT ARE CLASSIFIED AS PROTECTED AREAS, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF AVERTING THEIR EXPLOITATION AND DESTRUCTION, IN LIGHT OF THE SO-CALLED 'GOLD RUSH' THAT OFTEN ATTRACTS BOTH LEGAL AND ILLEGAL SMALL-SCALE MINING