Misleading2026-11
What is circulating
“The Department of Environment and Natural Resources is selling 144,000 hectares of forest land in the Davao Region to private investors.”
Claimed by Facebook pages including DuterteSara Supporters · social media
The facts
About 144,000 hectares in the Davao Region, part of roughly 500,000 hectares across Mindanao, are being opened to investors under Sustainable Forest Land Management Agreements, but ownership stays with the government. Article XII of the 1987 Constitution bars the sale of state forest land unless it is first reclassified as agricultural. VERA Files rated the post misleading.