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9.28.2007 Vice Mayor Sarah Duterte Leads Mangrove Planting
 Davao City Vice Mayor Inday Sarah Duterte leads the mangrove planting and coastal clean-up activity today at Purok Malamboon, Brgy. 76-A in Bucana this city in line with regional launching of the Green Philippine Program (GPP) under the Coastal and Mangrove thematic sites.Inday Sarah together with the different stakeholders coming from the LGU, NGOs, GOs, business sectors and the academe planted around 1,500 bakauan lalaki mangrove propagules in the area. Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) - XI Regional Technical Director for Research Bonifacio A. Apura explained that the mangrove planting formed part of the 1.4 million tree seedling to be planted by the department in region XI. Nationwide, the target of the DENR is to plant 20 million tree seedlings.  A Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) was also signed between the DENR-XI and Brgy. 76-A and the Malamboan Fisherfolk Associations, the main adopters of the mangroves planted in the area. The MOA spells that the department will provide technical assistance and the seedlings while the adopters will plant, maintain and protect the newly planted mangroves.Barangay Captain Celso A. Tizon gave his assurance that they will protect the planted mangrove propagules. They will conduct sticking activity to protect the mangroves from strong winds and tides as well as from the garbage coming from the sea.
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9.26.2007 Coastal and Waterways Clean-Up A Success
 Hundreds of volunteers from the academe, civic groups, NGOs, NGAs and LGUs joined the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in the coastal and waterways clean-up in line with the International Coastal Clean-Up Day last September 15, 2007.This year’s theme is “Buhayin at Ipaglaban! Malinis na Katubigan ng Bayan”. These initiatives are embodied in Presidential Proclamation No. 244 by then President Fidel V. Ramos declaring September of every year as National Clean-Up Month and Presidential Proclamation No. 470 signed by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declaring every third Saturday of September as International Coastal Clean-Up Day.  The said activities aim to raise the importance of translating environmental protection into concrete actions; educate communities situated along the water bodies on the adverse effects of improper waste disposal; mobilize communities and all other sectors of the society to execute a massive one day clean-up of the water bodies within their jurisdiction and to empower communities by assisting them in the continuous monitoring and preservation of the improved conditions of the water bodies within their jurisdiction through proper implementation of Ecological Solid Waste Management.
posted by Webmaster @ 4:15 PM
9.06.2007 CENRO NABUNTURAN LAUNCH “TREES FOR LIFE PROJECT”
 663 seedlings of Narra, Lauan and Bamboo species were planted on a 1-hectare portion of Brgy. Bukal, Nabunturan during the recent “Trees For Life Project” launching in the area.Community Environment and Natural Resources (CENR) Officer Marvin D. Parilla disclosed that Barangay Bukal is located within the Mainit National Park which was converted into Mainit Hot Spring Protected Landscape by virtue of Proclamation No. 32 series of 2000. Under the “Trees For Life Project”, seven hectares of the National Park will be planted with trees by PENRO/CENRO Nabunturan together with representatives from NGOs, NGAs, Academe, Religious Sector, Civic and People’s Organization. “The support and participation of these sectors will surely enable us to reforest the target area”, Parilla added.
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