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The plaintiffs, represented by minors on behalf of present and future generations, filed a class suit against the DENR Secretary to cancel existing timber licenses and cease granting new ones. They argued this was necessary to protect their constitutional right to a balanced ecology. The defendant claimed the plaintiffs had no cause of action and the issue was a political question. The Supreme Court held the plaintiffs could file on behalf of succeeding generations based on the concept of intergenerational

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Gillian Elliot Albay

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