June 23, 2010
PEMO conducts tree planting in murcia and don salvador
The Provincial Environment Management Office conducted a simultaneous tree planting activity in the upland barangays of Murcia and Don Salvador Benedicto, yesterday, as part of the Provincial Environment Week Celebration themed: Biodiversity: Our Life.
A total of 285 participants coming from the private and business
sectors, academe, national government agencies, non-government
organizations and the provincial government planted 7,000 seedlings of
Almaciga, Baguilomboy, Acacia Mangium, Tuai and Bakan on a five
-hectare land area in Barangay Minoyan, Murcia while a total of 197
participants covered the ten-kilometer road shoulder with 1,200
seedlings of Benguet Pines from Barangay Kumaliskis to Barangay Bunga
in Don Salvador Benedicto.
Participating agencies include MASONS, PNP (NOPPO), Philippine Army,
Barangay Council of Minoyan, CAPGEM, University of St. La Salle (USLS),
Colegio San Agustin – Bacolod (CSA-B), Trinity Christian School (TCS),
RU Foundry, PDMT – Rescue, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
(BFAR), Landingan Farmers' Association (LAGFA) and provincial
government departments and offices.
