The government is pushing through with the China-funded Kaliwa Dam project in Quezon province as a new water source in the metropolis even if it will cause the destruction of a huge part of the Sierra Madre mountain range. 

Environmentalists and concerned groups opposed the NCWP-KDP because of the negative impact it will have on Sierra Madre’s rich biodiversity and the possible displacement of the indigenous peoples.

Haribon Foundation, an environment organization, said that thousands of wildlife species including the critically endangered Philippine Eagle will be threatened should the project push through.

“The construction of the multi-billion peso Kaliwa Dam Project will not only have devastating effects on people’s lives, it will also ravage the homes of thousands of threatened wildlife species in the Sierra Madre mountain forests including the Critically Endangered Philippine Eagle,” said Maria Belinda de la Paz, Haribon chief operating officer.Article source