NEDA approves P7-B DENR project for ARMM

Guv urges constituents to help protect environment

By Apipa P. Bagumbaran

Thursday 5th of April 2012

MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, April 5 (PIA) -- The governor of Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao has called on his constituents to cooperate and support the region's efforts in protecting the environment. As government's support to the ARMM, the National Economic Development Authority Board has approved the P7-billion Integrated Natural Resources and Environmental Management project of the DENR, which includes the rehabilitation and greening of the Lake Lanao watershed.

ARMM OIC-governor Mujiv Hataman sounded the call during the recently-concluded ARMM Summit on Environmental Protection held at the Mamitua Saber Research and Technology Center of the Mindanao State University Main Campus, this city.

In his keynote message, Hataman underscored the important relationship of the environment and the people citing Lake Lanao as an example.

“Ang pag-unlad ng probinsiya o bansa ay nakabatay sa industriya na pumapasok sa kanya, pero ang industriya ay hindi mabubuhay kung walang enerhiya at isa sa mga pinanggagalingan ng enerhiya sa Mindanao ay ang Lake Lanao (The development of a province or a country is depended on the industry which invests on it, but the industry won't survive if there is no energy. One of the energy sources in Mindanao is Lake Lanao),” he stressed.

Thus, he exhorted all participants to do their share in the conservation and protection of Lake Lanao for the sake, not only of ARMM but also of entire Mindanao.

He also urged the mayors present during the environment summit to be transparent in their administration and to always practice good governance.

Hataman also announced that the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has signed a memorandum of agreement with ARMM for a P49-million greening program in the region.(EOR/APB-PIA10)