Saying the United Nation’s Declaration on clean water as a fundamental human right has lent a moral force to the government’s strides to “uphold the right of our people to clean water,” DENR Secretary Ramon J. P. Paje said.
In 2008, members of the Protected Area Management Board (PAMB) of Mt. Kitanglad Range Natural Park filed a resolution requesting Mt. Kitanglad to be a member of the ASEAN Heritage Park . In 2009, Mt. Kitanglad Range became the 28th and the third in the country, after Mt. Apo and Mt. Iglit -Baco, to be declared as ASEAN Heritage Park .
