The DENR is trying to stop the project arguing the property's tax declaration was wrongfully issued because the site is a natural wetland. However, according to an Inquirer.net article, the Crown Regency's lawyer Deolito Alvarez denies the property is on a wetland. Alvarez says water was diverted to the property from a wetland across the road.
Time for Boracay Eco Watch to do a short investigation. A neighbor of the property who lived on the site for all his life confirms us that the wetland has always been at this location. No diversion took place. In fact we saw a little stream that went through the neighbor's garden which feeds the lake and comes from the opposite direction of "the wetland across" referred to by Alvarez. On further investigation more such streams (albeit dried up at the time) were found. So really the lake is not being fed by means of diversion, the company is just blatantly lying in order to stop or at least delay the DENR's effort.
The recent flooding in areas around Boracay's D'Mall, a site that also used to be a wetland before being laid dry, has shown us the problems associated with wetland being destroyed. In the rainy season the water just has to go somewhere so it will flood something else. In other words the neighbors of the land filled site are the losers in this game.
Editor's Note: We thought the lie about the wetland was a good opener for this blog. The wetland reclamation project being discussed here will be covered by us in more detail in the future, so watch out for this. In the meantime, you can join the effort at Facebook where we have uploaded more photographs of the wetland being filled up.
4 comments:
It's low-lying land on which water naturally collects, probably even before it was ever a rice field. The total greed of the Regency should be checked, they should not be allowed to do as they please. A few years ago I witnessed them cutting down a large number of coconut trees on White Beach to give their guests a better view. They have already comandeered vast portions of land. When will they stop???
Is this "Crown Regency" the same company as "Boracay Regency"?
No, to our knowledge these are two different companies
We in Boracay community, should put all our little acts together to hear our voice, like in West cove.. We shouldn't stop from there.. Follow up and still on going fight!
Wetlands are serve as natural catch basin during rainy season and nature made it for a certain reason.. But because of GREED and money... They just ignore it.. It is sad and it makes you Mad... How is the thinking disorder of the lawmakers and investors ..? They think that money can buy and repair everything... Which definitely they are wrong... We shouldn't stop protecting our island home.. Will keep going and fighting for it for the next generation to come!
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