PDC Approved Bantayan Management Plan

The Cebu Provincial Development Council (PDC) executive committee during its quarterly meeting on Wednesday morning at the Capitol endorsed the Bantayan Island General Management Plan (BIGMP) where it will reportedly facilitate the recovery efforts of Yolanda-hit areas in the Island.

“The plan serves as a document to facilitate rehabilitation and recovery initiative for the people in Bantayan Island from the loss of the devastation brought by Yolanda of Nov. 8 last year,” read the newly approved resolution of PDC.

It was the Department Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) that crafted the plan, which is to be used by the entire island composing of three towns: Sta. Fe, Madridejos and Bantayan for the rehab works and as a “tool to des-establish the declaration as a Wilderness Area.”

PDC said these three towns “have reportedly reached the level of development where protected areas have to be properly identified separating them from the present mixed land uses prevailing in the urban areas.”

The said resolution was endorsed to the Regional Development Council.

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