00:00Before the typhoon, it is not considered that the mountainous part of Rizal is home because of its height.
00:07The netizens blamed it, but the DNR said that the urbanization should also be looked at as a reason for the many parts of the mountain to be cemented.
00:17Bernadette Reyes is right!
00:24The flood in Antipolo is raging.
00:27Floods in Pililya and roads that cannot be passed through Tanay due to the high tide.
00:38Many are thinking about how the mountainous parts of Rizal were flooded,
00:43even though they were not flooded before because of the high tide in their areas.
00:48The Public Information Office of the province blames the heavy rainfall caused by the typhoon Enteng.
00:56It is hoped that they will be warned about where the rain will fall.
01:08But will a few days of warning be enough if there is no way to get rid of the anger of nature?
01:16Just like the trees that cling to the rainwater,
01:20particularly in the Upper Marikino Watershed,
01:22which is divided by the towns of Antipolo, Baras, Rodriguez, San Mateo, and Tanay.
01:34On social media, quarrying in Rizal has become a hot topic.
01:39But according to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources,
01:42only a small or 1% of the entire Marikino Watershed has quarry.
01:48And if we talk about the Upper Marikino Watershed, which is a protected area,
01:52there is no quarry or mining.
01:55There was before, but the permit was canceled a long time ago.
01:58There is no quarry or mining in the Upper Marikino Watershed because for the most part, it is government owned.
02:07The policy now is no new quarries in the area.
02:12But the percentage of trees in the watershed is different,
02:16whether it's because of mining or something else.
02:19At that point, only 20% of the forest cover is in the protected area, according to the Masungi Geo-Reserve Foundation.
02:26But if the DENR's data is the basis,
02:2925% of the forest cover is fairly intact,
02:34while more than 42% is moderate forest cover.
02:39The area is also covered by vegetation.
02:41Although quarrying has an effect on the forest cover,
02:44in the case of Rizal, according to the DENR, the urbanization should also be looked at.
02:49Because if it's an urbanized area where everything is cemented,
02:53it's like you're building a rock and there won't be a drop of water when you're in an urbanized area.
03:01That's why environmentalists say that activities should be limited
03:05that have that effect, like the construction of houses.
03:09And in the watershed itself,
03:11while according to our laws,
03:12the only people who can stay inside protected areas or live there
03:16are the forest-dependent communities, ITs.
03:19It's been more than 10 years,
03:21but unfortunately, we haven't seen enough changes in terms of flood control projects.
03:28For GMA Integrated News,
03:30Bernadette Reyes,
03:32for Tutok 24 Horas.
03:41www.gma.org
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