Von Hernandez
Von Hernandez
Von Hernandez is a leading environmental activist from the Philippines. He was Executive Director of Greenpeace Southeast Asiafrom 2008-2014, where he led the environmental group’s programs and operations in the Southeast Asian region. Prior to that, he served as Campaigns Director for the organization, and was responsible for driving the group’s campaigns in Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines on a number of issues including climate change, forests, sustainable agriculture and toxics pollution. Currently, he serves as Development Director for Greenpeace...
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If the government were serious to begin with, we could have avoided a repeat of this type of disaster.
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We already have a legacy of over-logging, and I think it is imperative that the government should protect the remaining forest cover, which has already gone beyond the ecological balance.
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There had been warnings that the combined threats of destructive logging and an increase in extreme weather events caused by climate change would intensify the impact of disasters.