Vanishing forests: Why is the Philippines failing at reforestation?

In 2011, the Philippines’ authorities promised to present 1 of the world’s astir ambitious regreening projects.

The thought was simple: wage locals to reconstruct forests and cultivate barren onshore by planting and tending millions of trees.

But 15 years on, a associated probe by 101 East and Lighthouse Reports reveals however the National Greening Program has failed to conscionable astir of its targets.

Satellite imagery shows that alternatively of being protected, immoderate forests are being destroyed, portion immoderate Indigenous communities fearfulness losing the onshore their livelihoods beryllium on.

101 East investigates however the Philippines is failing its forests.

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For Al Jazeera

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