"Mr. Oposa, who runs the Law of Nature Foundation and is the chairperson of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines/National Environmental Action Team, routinely organizes and leads actions to protect the environment, most recently campaigning to have the Visayan Sea, one of the Phillipines most threatenened and biologically diverse areas, closed to destructive commercial fishing.
Anyone who knows anything about the realities of Philippines politics will realise how serious this is - a real death threat against a very courageous environmentalist. Mr Oposa has appealed to friends and allies around the world to help him by sending a clear message to the Phillipine Government- track down and prosecute the people behind Mr de la Victoria’s murder, and enact the Visayan Sea fishing ban as a legacy to him."
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