00:00DNR target na mapaiting pa ang pangalaga sa Verde Island Passage na sentro ng biodiversity ng bansa.
00:08Si Luisa Erispe sa sentro ng balita.
00:14Pinag-aaralan ngayon ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources kung paano patuloy na mapapangalagaan ang Verde Island Passage na isa sa sentro ng marine biodiversity sa Pilipinas.
00:25Sa forum na isinagawa ngayong araw na dinaluhan ng iba't ibang mga delegado mula sa iba't ibang bansa na is ng DNR na mapanatili ang buhay sa karagatan ng Verde Island mula sa banta ng climate change sa mundo.
00:39The VIP is indeed the focus of sustainable development and is the interface of the different aspects of sustainable development, the environmental, the economic and social aspects.
00:58And our ability to manage them is important given the scientific knowledge that you will be providing to the government and to society as a whole.
01:14Pero ang nais-idiin ang kalihim ng DNR na si Secretary Rafael Notilia, ang Verde Island ay hindi international passageway na bukas na daanan ng lahat ng barko mula sa iba't ibang bansa.
01:28Pagliliyaw ng DNR, ito ay national passageway at kung may mga barko ma na dadaan dito, dapat hindi naaantala o tumitigil para mangisda.
01:37The Verde Island passage. From my standpoint, the Verde Island passage is not an international waterway for navigation.
01:47It is a passageway that is mainly used, one, for national navigation.
01:53Inter-island navigation between the Visayas and Mindanao and Luzon.
01:58And for navigation that is entering the country, both from the West Philippine Sea and from the Pacific Ocean.
02:08I would not want to see fishing vessels from third countries passing through the Verde Island passage
02:18on the pretext of that being a waterway used for international navigation from the South China Sea to the Pacific.
02:31Because if they are allowed to do so, then they can do so in the normal mode of navigation.
02:41And while the fishing vessels will be required to have their nets on board rather than below the waterline.
02:50Dagdag pa ng DNR, may iba pang karagatan o waterways sa Pilipinas na nakalaan sa naturang layunin.
02:56Pero huwag sana ang Verde Island dahil iniingatan ito bilang sentro ng marine biodiversity ng bansa.
03:03They have other waterways such as the Bashi Channel which can be used for that purpose.
03:09So that would, for me, would be important because the VIP is narrow, fringe by highly sensitive marine areas.
03:23Umaasa naman ang DNR na sa forum na ito mapag-uusapan din kung papaano mapangangalagaan
03:28hindi lang ang Verde Island kundi ang iba pang international passageway sa mundo.
03:33Nais din nilang makapagbuo ng mga pulisiya na magagamit para sa global security.
03:38I would like to be able to see us expanding the discussions not only from a scientific standpoint
03:47but it's the science to inform our policies not only on navigation but also on national and global security.
04:02Bukod naman kay DNR Secretary Lotelia, dumalo din sa pagsisimula ng forum si Presidential Sister Irene Marcos Araneta
04:10at dating DNR Secretary Tony Yulo Loizaga.
04:14Luisa Erispe para sa Pambansang TV sa Bagong Pilipinas.
