MA. FATIMA C. SAQUING (MESSAGE)

I am pleased to convey to you my warmest congratulations.
After thirteen years of providing information about environmental protection, I just feel so glad it has reached this far.
The advocacy for environmental stewardship has always been my motivation to contribute articles to your paper. I hope we could still come up with ideas and innovative contributions that are changing our environmental footprint.
Indeed, issues surrounding the quality of our environment are really big and they call for big solutions. And investing time and resources in the development of innovative ideas, dissemination of best practices to stop, and possibly help reverse, environmental damaging practices has been a great avenue for this.
And we are learning more of the impact of protecting and caring for Mother Earth through the news and articles we read in the “Kalikasan Updates” paper. And DENR Isabela newsletter just made a good job in doing so.
I wish to borrow the words of one Environmental stewardship advocate by saying, “ Now, do not stand by as tepid souls, but step forward and enter the battle to protect our environment.”
May we find ourselves as leaders in elevating standards of protecting the environment. Our goal should never waver from preserving natural resources and the environment by reducing waste and reusing or recycling production materials, when possible in the midst of dangers posed by our world’s new realities.
Always make a difference and continue to partner with the people and it is paramount to meeting our environmental goals in the region and the country.
Again, my congratulations to the editorial board and staff of Kalikasan Update. Kudos also for a job well done and for maintaining the integrity of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.

MA. FATIMA C. SAQUING, MSN
CLINICAL INSTRUCTOR
SAINT PAUL UNIVERSITY
TUGUEGARAO, CITY