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- 1 2 News, Rhys Buccat, ABS-CBN. "Baguio native spends 30 years to create his own forest". ABS-CBN News.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Pinoy environmentalist named hero by Reader's Digest". ABS-CBN News.
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