WIRE — MANILA, Philippines — Southern Palawan lost 57,715 hectares of forest from 2001 to 2023, with kaingin, or slash-and-burn agriculture, accounting for most of the loss, the Palawan Council for Sustainable Development (PCSD) said, drawing pushback from environmental groups and a researcher who warned against blaming upland farmers and Indigenous communities for deforestation. The findings came
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