CENRO TO HOLD MASSIVE TREE PLANTING ACTIVITY

Wednesday 19th of June 2013
LUCENA CITY, Quezon, June 19 (PIA) --The Community Environment and Natural Resources (CENRO) will conduct massive tree planting activity this year, in support to the National Greening Program (NGP) of the government. CENRO Pagbilao officer Edmundo Esteban, said they are targeting 71,590 hectares of upland, forest land and mangrove areas in the 12 towns of the province. "We will intensify tree planting in the 3rd and 4th quarters of the year because it is the best time to plant trees, thus we are encouraging other groups and organizations to support and participate in the activity,” Esteban said. Esteban added they will plant endemic pla...
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    BUTUAN CITY, May 10 (PIA) -- Regional Director PCSupt Reynaldo S Rafal commended the personnel of Police Regional Office 13 for being true to its commitment to preserve and protect the environment and heed the call for Pulis Makakalikasan: 10 Milyong Puno Pamana sa Kinabukasan, which was personally initiated by Police Director General Nicanor Bartolome in support to the National Greening Program of President Benigno S. Aquino III. A humble contribution to mitigate the effects of climate chang...
  • Tagalog News: BFAR-12 magtatanim ng isang milyong bakawan

    GENERAL SANTOS CITY, May 10 (PIA) -- Isang milyong bakawan o mangrove ang nakapintong itanim sa buong rehiyon 12 sa pangunguna ng Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). Hangarin ng pagtatanim ng bakawan na maisalba ang papaliit na papaliit na produksyon ng mga yamang dagat bunsod ng polusyon at pagbabago ng panahon o klima at tinatayang 14 na rehiyon sa buong bansa ang posibleng mabenepisyohan ng proyektong ito. Ayon kay BFAR-12 acting regional director Ambutong Pautong, hinihintay ...
  • NorMin Police, RLECC gear up National Greening Program anew

    CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, May 4 (PIA) -– Enforcers of the Police Regional Office (PRO) and the members of the Regional Law Enforcement Coordinating Council (RLECC) in Northern Mindanao planted 3,500 seedlings at barangay Indahag, this city on April 25. This is in consonance to Executive Order No. 26 issued by President Benigno S. Aquino III ordering and declaring the implementation of a National Greening Program as a government priority. Meanwhile, Police Chief Superintendent Jufel C. Adriatico ...
  • DENR to tap 17 more schools as part of the greening program

    QUEZON CITY, May 3 (PIA) -- Seventeen state universities and colleges (SUCs) have been identified by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) that would help in raising quality native tree seedlings and to help achieve 1.5 billion quality planting materials for the 2011-2016 National Greening Program (NGP), a release from the Department said. “We shall have around 29 SUC-based clonal nurseries before the year ends,” Paje said, noting that 12 SUCs have already been enlisted...
  • Police plants 1,500 mangrove trees in Misamis Oriental

    CAGAYAN DE ORO, April 25 -- One hundred forty-six (146) police officers of the Police Regional Office (PRO) in Northern Mindanao voluntarily participated in the planting of 1,500 mangrove trees along the shoreline of Libertad town in Misamis Oriental on April 21. In cooperation with the Command Group of Libertad Police Station, the initiative is in support to the goal of PRO-10 in completing the planting of one million trees in the region by February 2013, said Police Chief Superintendent Catal...
  • Tagalog news: Pamahalaan, hinihikayat ang lahat na lumahok sa Earth Day 2012

    BAYAN NG BALER, Aurora, Abril 22 (PIA) -- Nanawagan ang pamahalaang Aquino sa mamamayan na makilahok sa pagdiriwang ng Earth Day 2012 ngayong araw ng Linggo, Abril 22, at suportahan ang pagsisikap ng pamahalaan upang itaguyod ang pandaigdigang kamalayan ukol sa paligid at upang protektahan at pangalagaan ang ating kapaligiran sa gitna ng pagbabago ng klima, wika ng isang opisyal ng Palasyo. Sinabi ni Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte na patuloy ang laban para sa malinis na kapalig...
  • Tandag City Gov’t support Nat’l Greening Program this Summer

    TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, April 19 (PIA) -– In line with the National Greening Program of President Benigno S. Aquino III, the city government spearheaded a tree planting activity on Tuesday, involving the youth this summer planting Narra and Lawaan species. According to Community Development Information Officer Vicente Cosare, the activity was conducted at Ihawan Spring Watershed, Cagboo, Awasian, this city and was participated by some 297 Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES...
  • Biliran Police Provincial Office to plant more trees

    NAVAL, Biliran, April 12 (PIA) -- The Philippine National Police (PNP) Biliran Police Provincial Office (BPPO) is set to plant more trees in different schedules within the year until 2016, in support to the National Greening Program (NGP) of the government. This was revealed by Police Superintendent Mateo Macale, Police Community Relations officer of BPPO recently during the “Kapihan sa PIA” forum live over Radyo Natin-Naval. He said, each personnel of the BPPO is mandated to plant at leas...
  • DENR-ARMM pursues greening program

    MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, April 10 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (DENR-ARMM) is engaging in a massive region-wide reforestation under the National Greening Program (NGP). “We are vigorously pursuing the implementation of the NGP which seeks to address poverty reduction, food security, biodiversity conservation, and climate change mitigation and adaptation,” said DENR-ARMM Secretary Kahal Kedtag during the 1st ARMM ...
  • NEDA approves P7-B DENR project for ARMM

    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 Muji...
  • Go beyond Earth Hour; Go NGP – DENR

    ILOILO CITY, April 4 (PIA6) -- Going beyond the switching off of lights during Earth Hour is getting people to join in the whole year round of National Greening Program (NGP), a DENR officer said. Department of Environment and Natural Resources-6 (DENR) Executive Director Julian Amador said the NGP is the best overall option beyond observing Earth Hour because forests covered with trees can serve as carbon sinks. Amador said the region aims to cover 12,084 hectares of denuded fore...
  • DENR-Siquijor meets NGP 2011 target

    SIQUIJOR, Apr. 1 (PIA)--The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-Siquijor said it has met the 2011 national greening program (NGP) target for Siquijor Island. Provincial Environment and Natural Resources (PENRO) officer Antonio Cabrido said the DENR's 2011 target of 250 hectares was 100 percent planted with various kinds of trees. Cabrido said that rehabilitating and protecting the forests from the upland to lowland is vital and crucial to slowdown the pace and effect of clim...
  • Feature: Pantawid Pamilya grantees adopt backyard gardening

    Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries in Aguada village adopted backyard gardening to support their daily nutritional needs. Perlita Supla-ag, of Purok 6, Bangkal, Aguada disclosed that her regular attendance to the Family Development Sessions (FDS) encouraged her to plant vegetables in her backyard. Perlita, mother of Babie Rose,12 and Honey, 10, grantees of Pantawid Pamilya, said backyard gardening has been encouraged during an FDS gathering by her fellow parents. Meanwhile, Analia Macabada, City ...
  • PNP plants 5k seedlings in La Union

    SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, March 20 (PIA) -- In support to the “Police for Nature: 10 Million Trees Heritage for the Future” project, the La Union Provincial Police Office (LUPPO) have planted more than 5,000 seedlings in the province as of this month.   Police inspector Marlon Paiste said that Narra and Mahogany seedlings and mangrove sapplings were planted in the 72-seedling per year or the 6-seedling per month requirement per police personnel.   Aside from the fore...
  • Siquijor’ greening program has high survival rate- PENRO

    LARENA, Siquijor March 18 (PIA) --Trees planted in Siquijor province as part of the greening program achieved a high survival rate, the highest in Central Visayas so far. This was bared by Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Officer (PENRO) Antonio Cabrido in an interview with the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) recently. Cabrido said the office has a goal target of 250 hectares in 2011, all of which were planted with different varieties of trees. Survival rate was 83%, he sa...
  • DENR employees required to complete 300 potted soils each for seedlings

    TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 15 (PIA) – Each employee of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Region 2 is now busy potting soils for seedlings to meet the required 300 pots each until the end of March.   Samuel Vinarao, chair of the gender and development, said the project is part of the observance towards national greening endeavor.   He explained that with the implementation of the national greening program of the present administration, thousands of seedlin...
  • Tagalog News:DENR itinaguyod ang El Verde Mangrove Tree Planting para sa National Greening Program

    LUNGSOD NG LEGAZPI, Marso 14 (PIA)  --  Ipinakita ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources o DENR ang malaking suporta sa isinagawang El Verde Mangrove Tree Planting na pinangunahan ni Gobernador Luis Raymund Villafuerte noong nakaraang linggo sa San Rafel, Ragay, Camarines Sur.   Sa nasabing gawain, nakapagtanim ng 1, 009, 029 na binhi ng bakawan sa 60 ektaryas ng baybayin ang government provincial katulong ang mga volunteer galing sa iba’t ibang sector na nag...
  • Western Visayas opts for more native trees for NGP

    ILOILO CITY, March 12 (PIA6) -- More native trees will be used in the reforestation campaign in Western Visayas this year.   This as Department of Environment and Natural Resources-6 Executive Director Julian Amador gave the direction for the raising of native tree species in clonal nurseries in the region.   He said native or endemic species are are well adapted to local conditions and have inherent ecological adaptability in the sites.   “Among these endemic species ...
  • Angeles City engages youth on protecting the environment

    ANGELES CITY, Pampanga, March 11 (PIA) -- To intensify campaign for a sustainable environment, the Angeles City Task Force One Million Trees (ACTF-1MT) and the senior students of Francisco G. Nepomuceno Memorial High School (FGHNMHS) have joined together for the Adoption Program recently.   The early morning environmental crusade began with an advocacy walk joined by the students, faculty members, school administrators and barangay officials of Pandan.   It was spearheaded by Bisho...
  • Tagalog news: NGP patuloy na isinasakatuparan ng PNP- Lungsod ng Batangas

    BATANGAS City, Marso 9 (PIA) --Patuloy ang pagtatanim ng puno ng mga kapulisan ng Batangas City  na hindi lamang programa ng kanilang tanggapan kundi pagsuporta din sa environmental program ng pamahalaang lungsod at nasyunal.   Matapos magtanim ng 100 puno ng narra at mahogany sa barangay Tingga  at mga bakawan sa Barangay Cuta, sunod nilang isinagawa ang  pagtatanim ng 100 pang nasabing puno na galing sa  Batangas Province Police sa sitio San Vicente sa barangay Libjo...
  • PNP, DENR ink agreement to battle climate change

      QUEZON CITY, March 6 (PIA) -- The Philippine National Police (PNP) has joined hands with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to battle climate change by planting 10 million trees until 2013.    This, after the two government agencies recently signed a memorandum of agreement that officially launched PNP’s “Pulis Makakalikasan: 10 Milyong Puno, Pamana sa Kinabukasan” project.   DENR Secretary Ramon Paje lauded PNP chief Nicanor A...
  • DENR taps CBFM beneficiaries as primary partners of greening program

    TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 3 (PIA) -- Some 144 people’s organizations (POs) under the Community-Based Forest Management (CBFM) Program of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will be tapped as primary partners in the implementation of the National Greening Program (NGP) in Eastern Visayas.   Now in its second year of implementation, the NGP in Region 8 has a total of 12,365 hectares targeted for development by the 144 POs implementing the CBFMP, Ms. Purificaci...
  • Gender Advocates vowed commitment to plant trees

    CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 2 (PIA) -- Members of the Gender Advocates (GA) in Northern Mindanao vow to plant 10 trees every year starting this 2012.   In line with the National Greening Program of President Benigno S. Aquino’s administration, GA-10 (formerly known as Gender Advocates-Women in Government Service or GA-WINGS) sounded this commitment during its kick-off activity today for the 2012 Women’s Month celebration with the theme “Women weathering climate change: go...
  • Mt. Province environment office readies tree seedlings

      BONTOC, Mt. Province, Mar. 2 (PIA) -- The Environment and Natural Resources Provincial Office is preparing around 200,000 tree seedlings of various species to be planted this coming rainy season.    Environment and Natural Resources Provincial Officer Cornelio Diego said these seedlings are being grown in different provincial nurseries located in the towns of Paracelis, Lias in Barlig, Sukit and Dantay, both in Bontoc and Bila, Mt. Data, Lagawa and Monamon Sur, all in Bauk...
  • DENR, DILG intensify National Greening Program in NorMin

    CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 1 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources Region 10, together with the University of the Philippines-Los Baños Project Advisory Group for the National Greening Program (NGP), will conduct a barangay-level conference workshop on disaster-mitigation through NGP on March 6.   Expected to attend are barangays along the Cagayan de Oro city river basin and watersheds consisting of 47 barangays, this city and 16 barangays in Baungon town in ...
  • NorMin Gender Advocates kick off 2012 Women’s Month

    CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 1 (PIA) – The Gender Advocates (GA) in Northern Mindanao is set to kick off 2012 Women’s Month celebration tomorrow, March 2. The celebration will commence with a holy mass and a program to be held at the provincial capitol grounds.   Clarissa Calingin-Rosales, president of GA-10, said the theme for the 2012 National Women’s Month Celebration, “Women Weathering Climate Change: Governance and Accountability, Everyone’s Responsibilit...
  • Inmates joins PNoy’s National Greening Program

    CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb. 29 -- More than 100 inmates of Cagayan de Oro City Jail participated in the “Orientation on Forest Nursery Establishment and Operation” last Feb. 23 as a jumpstart to the participation of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) Region 10, to President Benigno Aquino’s intensified National Greening Program (NGP).   Ben Labininay, community environment and natural resources office farm foreman and nursery manager, who served as the resou...
  • People Power ‘tree planting’ revolution conducted in Lanao del Sur

    MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, Feb. 25 (PIA) --- A people power ‘tree planting’ revolution was carried out throughout the province today in line with the commemoration of the 26th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution and in support to the National Greening Program of President Benigno S. Aquino III.           It was dubbed as a people power tree planting revolt since all sectors of the society took part in this endeavour of p...
  • Implementation of greening program continues in Mis. Occ.

    OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental, Feb. 24 (PIA) -- At least 843 hectares of vacant spaces in the second congressional district of the province have been targeted to be planted with trees of different species under the National Greening Program (NGP) this year.   This, after 287 hectares of land comprising the timberland and protected areas of Mt. Malindang was covered by the NGP last year.   Forester Clark Carbonilla, Chief of the Forest Management Division of the Ozamiz City Env...
  • DENR to accredit nurseries of seed growers

    ROXAS CITY, Capiz, Feb. 22 (PIA6) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is calling on Capiceño seed growers to have their nurseries  accredited to able to supply seedlings for the National Greening Program (NGP) implementation in the province.   “There is a great demand for seedlings until 2016 and this is an income opportunity for interested seed growers,” said NGP – Capiz coordinator Edwin Borja.   “We call on other se...
  • ARMM forges partnership with MSU for greening program

    MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, Feb. 20 (PIA) -- The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao government has forged a partnership with the Mindanao State University (MSU) to rehabilitate the critical watersheds in the province.   The partnership was formalized last week with the signing of a memorandum of agreement (MoA) between the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in the region represented by its Secretary Kahal Kedtag and the MSU administration represented by its President...
  • PNP Central Luzon plants 150 trees in Pampanga

    CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga, Feb. 12 (PIA) – The Philippine National Police Regional Office 3 (PNP PRO3) planted 150 trees within the vicinity here to further promote the National Greening Program (NGP) of the government.   According to the Regional Director of PRO3, PCSUPT Edgardo Ladao, “the seedlings, all narra, were provided by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Region 3 which spearheads NGP.”   He explained that “...
  • DENR campaigns with partners in the National Greening Program

    CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, Feb. 11 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) campaigns with partners in advocating the National Greening Program (NGP) as President Benigno S. Aquino III declared the implementation of Executive Order 26 or the National Greening Program as a government priority.   “Our current reforestation efforts are ineffective and inefficient so there’s this new strategy called NGP,” Dr. Cleofe Torres, Dean of the Development Com...
  • Massive Caraga tree planting set

      BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 10 (PIA) -- The National Greening Program (NGP) in Northeastern Mindanao (Caraga region) is stepping up its activities and targeting the planting of 1.4 million seedlings of fruit trees, both indigenous and premium species, this year.    Members of non-government organizations, the academe, schools, various youth organizations, various church organizations, local government units, all line agencies of the government and private companies have been tapped in ...
  • PENRO-Quezon to plant more than 2 million trees this year

    LUCENA CITY, Quezon, February 10 (PIA) --The Provincial Environment and Natural Resources (PENRO) will strengthen the implementation of the national greening program (NGP) in Quezon Province this year by planting 2,461,000 trees.   Emrich Borja, provincial environment officer, said PENRO planted 1,876,444 trees in the 2,700 hectares of land in the protected, community-based forest management and urban areas in the province last year.   The goals of NGP, according to Borja,&nbs...
  • DavSur to launch ‘Run to Plant’ for Greenin Philippines

    DIGOS CITY, Davao del Sur, Feb.4 (PIA) -- A Private-Public-Partnership involving the local government units, private sector, academe and civil society in the province is set to launch the Run to Plan for Greenin Philippines on February 20, 2012 In fulfillment to the National Greenin Program (NGP), the provincial government, the Holy Cross of Bansalan College, the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation, Inc. (RAFI) and the Lao Integrated Farms, Inc. agreed on January 23 to carry out together the run for th...
  • Biliran DENR to plant 300,000 seedlings for NGP in 2012

    NAVAL, Biliran, Feb 1 (PIA) -- Some 300,000 seedlings of different varieties of fast-growing trees like narra, lawaan and other species and different kinds of fruit trees are set to be planted by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in the province of Biliran for the year 2012 in line with the National Greening Program (NGP) of President Benigno S. Aquino’s government.   This was revealed by Genny Rose Salas of the planning unit of the DENR-Biliran provinc...
  • 400,000 assorted tree seedlings planted last year under the National Greening Program

    DAET, Camarines Norte, Feb 1 (PIA)  --  More than 400,000 assorted tree seedlings were planted last year under the National Greening Program of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) provincial office here.   Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Officer Elpidio Orata said that the seedlings were planted to more than 600 hectares planted by 3,215 people.   NGP is one of the priority programs of government and ...
  • DENR 13 to produce 1.4M fruit trees seedlings for NGP this year

      BUTUAN CITY, Jan. 30 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Caraga Region is set to produce 1.4 million pieces of seedlings of fruit trees and indigenous and premium species for its reforestation activities under the National Greening Program (NGP) this year.   DENR Regional Executive Director Leonardo Sibbaluca said senior forest officials of the PENRO and CENR offices in the five provinces of Caraga region have made the commitment of this large seedl...
  • Claveria has 20 hectares cacao plantation

    CLAVERIA, Cagayan, Jan. 28 (PIA) -- The Local Government Unit (LGU) of Claveria has  20 hectares cacao plantation as its contribution to the government’s national greening program in coordination with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) region 2. Mayor Celia Layus said thousands of cacao seedlings were already planted last year. The plants were also integrated with some fruit trees like  citrus, mahogany and other species. Layus also stated that the p...
  • DENR-12 jumpstarts 2012 implementation of National Greening Program

    KORONADAL CITY, Jan. 25 (PIA)  -- The regional office of the Department of  Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-12)  here is consolidating  efforts  to immediately   begin  the  implementation of the National  Greening  Program (NGP)  this year. DENR 12 Regional Executive Director  Alfredo S. Pascual  on  January 18   met with field officials and other program implementers to download 2012 targets to eig...
  • Drivers lead local tree planting activity

    CALOOCAN CITY, Jan. 21 (PIA) -- A multi-sectoral group, composed mainly of public transport drivers from Barangay 176 Bagong Silang, today led a local tree planting activity in the city in line with the National Greening Program (NGP) of the Aquino administration.   At least 300 members of Pamato-Pilipinas Public Transport, Green Revolution Organization, senior citizen associations, barangay officials and grade school students spent their early Saturday morning planting some 400 seedlings...
  • FEATURE: Avoid a repeat of Sendong: DENR alerts Ilocos Norte residents in landslide, flood-prone areas

    LAOAG CITY, Jan. 14 (PIA) – Residents vulnerable to flooding and landslides were reminded to check with their local leaders to have their information kits on disaster preparedness to avoid a repeat of storm Sendong that devastated the cities of Iligan and Cagayan de Oro in Mindanao.   Juan de los Reyes, provincial environment and natural resources office, said local government units that have been identified as flood and landslide-prone were listed under a geo-hazard map that wa...
  • DENR, SMI, POs sign agreement on forest management

    KORONADAL CITY, Sept 6 (PIA) -- Officials of the local government units, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), mining firm Sagittarius Mines Inc., and three people’s organizations recently signed a memorandum of agreement for the protection and management of upland forest areas in Tampakan town. The agreement for an Adopt-A-Community-Based Forest Management (CBFM) project is being implemented in accordance with President Benig...
  • Opol town goes green as it implements NGP

    CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, Aug. 13 (PIA) -- The Opol town goes green as it gathered recently various government agencies as well as private entities in support of the National Greening Program (NGP). Town Mayor Dexter B. Yasay cited the event is in support of Executive Order No. 26 issued by President Benigno S. Aquino on February 24, 2011 and established the NGP as a national priority aimed not only to reforest 1.5 million hectares of land but also to promote a sustained env...
  • Over 650 folks in Ronda town plant native trees to help green Cebu

    CEBU, July 24 (PIA) -- Some 650 folks from Ronda, Cebu braved the early morning cold winds to run and plant native tree species in their town during the recent Run 2 Plant 4 GREENIN Philippines in support to the National Greening Program of the Aquino government. Ronda Mayor Mariano Blanco III, municipal officials and employees, teachers, parents, students, and volunteer-professionals came in green shirts. They gathered at the town hall at 5 a.m. and ran to the planting site in Barangay...
  • Newsfeature: NGP Iloilo partners with ART

    ILOILO CITY, July 24 (PIA) – The National Greening Program (NGP) of the national government has found a partner in the ART of greening Iloilo. ART, acronym for Action for Re-greening and Transformation, is a one-month old program that is part of Iloilo’s reforestation efforts which serve as its contribution to government efforts to rehabilitate denuded upland areas and to the global campaign against climate change. Under the ART program, the provincial government has committ...
  • Pantawid Pamilya supports government’s greening program

    CEBU, July 02 (PIA) -- The government’s National Greening Program has already caught fire among the various sectors in Central Visayas.   The program launching on June 25 in Barangay Jaclupan in Talisay City reportedly drew over 20,000 participants in Cebu Province alone, including the Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries in the region.   Central Visayas chief executives including representative Eddie Gullas, Governor Gwendolyn Garcia of Cebu Province, Governor Roel Degamo of...
  • Feature: National Greening Program: A Green Mindset

    The National Greening Program was launched last February 24, by virtue of Executive Order No. 26. It is government's most massive reforestation attempt in the last 25 years in attaining sustainable development for poverty reduction, food security, biodiversity conservation, and climate change mitigation and adaptation. The Philippines has a total land area of 30 million hectares. Of this number, 15.9 million hectares or 52.9 percent are forestland and timberland while some 14.1 million ...
  • Feature: Help reforest 1.5 million hectares of land, register on-line

    How would you like to be part of the government’s effort in reforesting 1.5 million hectares of the country’s degraded forest lands? Impossible as it may seem when we are in different places of the country. But, not anymore. With the National Greening Program’s website, anybody who wishes to volunteer may do so by registering on line. Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)- IX chief Information Officer (IO) Roservirico Tan in a press statement said the NG...
  • National Year of Forests launched

    Zamboanga City, Apr. 28 (PIA) -- To underscore the importance of forests in the survival of human race, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) launched yesterday the National Year of Forests (NYF). With the theme “Forests for people,” the launching hopes to convey the message that people and forests has synergetic relationship wherein forests provide benefits to man and man must care for forests to continue being recipient of its benefits, says DENR Chief ...
  • DavSur set to adopt National Greening Program

    DAVAO CITY, April 26 (PIA) – Davao del Sur will implement the National Greening Program, through a convergence of three national government agencies in the province. The National Greening Program aims to plant 1.5 billion trees in about 1.5 million hectares for reforestation in the country to start this year up to 2016. Glen Adonis Rico, chief of the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office in Davao del Sur, said that the Convergence Initiative by DENR, Department of Ag...
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