“The Philippines is the No. 1 producer of biomass.”
What Vera Files found
A cursory search would show that the Philippines is the second largest producer of biomass, at least among five countries in Southeast Asia that have available data on biomass production. In the region, Indonesia is first with 7.80 million TOE of biomass, followed by the Philippines with 7.56 million.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Panfilo “Ping” Lacson Sr. made this claim around 24 March 2022. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 6 April 2022, 13 days later. Its rating was “Needs context”.
Where the claim appeared
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This check was done by Vera Files, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.