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Banaue Rice Terraces deteriorating, says mayor


The Banaue Rice Terraces, one of the country's oldest cultural landscapes, continues to deteriorate amid the presence of concrete structures and the lack of funding to support its rehabilitation.

A report by GMA News' Marisol Abdurahman on Balitanghali on Monday showed the renowned UNESCO World Heritage Site with its dried parcels of land.

"They continue to deteriorate,” Banaue Mayor Jerry Dalipog said.

Dalipog said some owners of land in the rice terraces have left the area despite inheriting the land from their ancestors.

Rehabilitating the world famous site has always been on the table, according to Dalipog, but funds have been limited.

 

 

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"The local government wants a rehab, but due to funding, our 20 percent development fund of the local government units is limited,” he said.

On the other hand, the report said the local government of Banaue received support for the rehabilitation of the rice terraces from the Army's Special Operations Command.

No date was given when the rehabilitation work for the Banaue Rice Terraces will start, the report said. —Joseph Tristan Roxas/KG, GMA News

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