A Call To Action To Save One of The World's Best Island from Verge of Extinction.
A Call To Action To Save One of The World's Best Island from Verge of Extinction.
The Issue
started this petition to Philippines Pres. Rodrigo Duterte
The Philippines tourists index algorithm data showed that Boracay island still holds the nation’s pride as the Philippine prime tourist destination. In fact, Google keyword volume search data tells "Boracay" as the number one keyword in Philippines demographic target and the following backlink online publications are the trending factors:
2012 - No.1 Best Island in the World - Travel, and Leisure
2013 - No.2 Best Island in the World - Travel, and Leisure
2014 - No.12 Best Island the World - Condé Nast Traveler's Readers’ Choice Awards
2015 - No.1 Best Beach in Asia, White Beach Balabag - TripAdvisor
2015 - 7th World's Best Beach - TripAdvisor
2016 - No.1 Best Island in the World - Condé Nast Traveler's 2016 Readers’ Choice Awards
2016 - No.1 Island in the World for Relaxation - Agoda Poll
2017 - No.2 Best Beach in Asia, White Beach Balabag - TripAdvisor
2017 - No.1 Best Island in the World - Condé Nast Traveler's 2017 Readers’ Choice Awards
2017 - No.24 Best Island in the World - TripAdvisor
These accolades continued not just to increase the influx of tourist coming to the island but also drives more local and foreign developers that are potential risks to the sustainability of Boracay environment, ecosystems and natural resources.
Behind these highlighted distinctions, We continue to ignore what our naked eyes see, the intensive indiscriminate use of land and declassification of the remaining wildlife forest areas in use for commercial consumption. This unsustainable tourism development continues to contribute to coastal and ecological degradation, social and cultural dislocation, the rapid growth of island population, rampant solid waste disposal and increasing numbers of illegal connection of sewerage disposal where some of this were thrown out at the shoreline of Bulabog beach.
We see the unstoppable mega construction of high rise buildings on both sides of every road. In 2014, Local Government of Malay issued 296 building permits in a just 3-month period, based on the 441 establishments monitored by DENR 6 monitoring team, 383 establishments committed violations, 174 has no Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC), 103 have to discharge permit violation, and 107 don't have permits to operate
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The Issue
started this petition to Philippines Pres. Rodrigo Duterte
The Philippines tourists index algorithm data showed that Boracay island still holds the nation’s pride as the Philippine prime tourist destination. In fact, Google keyword volume search data tells "Boracay" as the number one keyword in Philippines demographic target and the following backlink online publications are the trending factors:
2012 - No.1 Best Island in the World - Travel, and Leisure
2013 - No.2 Best Island in the World - Travel, and Leisure
2014 - No.12 Best Island the World - Condé Nast Traveler's Readers’ Choice Awards
2015 - No.1 Best Beach in Asia, White Beach Balabag - TripAdvisor
2015 - 7th World's Best Beach - TripAdvisor
2016 - No.1 Best Island in the World - Condé Nast Traveler's 2016 Readers’ Choice Awards
2016 - No.1 Island in the World for Relaxation - Agoda Poll
2017 - No.2 Best Beach in Asia, White Beach Balabag - TripAdvisor
2017 - No.1 Best Island in the World - Condé Nast Traveler's 2017 Readers’ Choice Awards
2017 - No.24 Best Island in the World - TripAdvisor
These accolades continued not just to increase the influx of tourist coming to the island but also drives more local and foreign developers that are potential risks to the sustainability of Boracay environment, ecosystems and natural resources.
Behind these highlighted distinctions, We continue to ignore what our naked eyes see, the intensive indiscriminate use of land and declassification of the remaining wildlife forest areas in use for commercial consumption. This unsustainable tourism development continues to contribute to coastal and ecological degradation, social and cultural dislocation, the rapid growth of island population, rampant solid waste disposal and increasing numbers of illegal connection of sewerage disposal where some of this were thrown out at the shoreline of Bulabog beach.
We see the unstoppable mega construction of high rise buildings on both sides of every road. In 2014, Local Government of Malay issued 296 building permits in a just 3-month period, based on the 441 establishments monitored by DENR 6 monitoring team, 383 establishments committed violations, 174 has no Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC), 103 have to discharge permit violation, and 107 don't have permits to operate
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Petition created on May 3, 2022