WWF: Holistic Solutions Needed to Stop Rape of RP Seas

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-Philippines) yesterday released an official statement on what it termed the ‘rape and plunder’ of the country’s marine resources.

“Market refusal has worked in other countries, for a range of commodities,” says WWF-Philippines Vice-Chair and CEO Jose Ma. Lorenzo Tan. “Beyond this single reaction, however, it is crucial that we think and move holistically, and in public/private convergence, to eliminate the root causes of this lingering problem. The challenge is both national and systemic. The response can be no less.”