[Photo blog] Protecting the Environment, Protecting Humans – Life in a Box

Protecting the Environment, Protecting Humans By Rommel Yamzon Life in a Box Clean and healthy environment is essential for the realization of fundamental human rights. Such as the right to life, personal integrity, family life, health and development. And aside from these concerns, there are many other links between human rights and environmental protection. Each…

Human Rights Online Philippines

October 30, 2011

1–2 minutes

Advocacy Organizations, Africa, David Cameron, Erwin Rommel, Haribon Foundation, Human Right, Human Rights and Liberties, Rizal

Protecting the Environment, Protecting Humans
By Rommel Yamzon
Life in a Box

Clean and healthy environment is essential for the realization of fundamental human rights. Such as the right to life, personal integrity, family life, health and development. And aside from these concerns, there are many other links between human rights and environmental protection. Each human being should protect the environment as the resource base for all life. Because protecting the environment, is actually protecting humans.

The following photos were taken during the tree planting activity conducted by the Haribon Foundation on September 3, 2011, in the highlands of Tanay, Province of Rizal.