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DENR-9 supports OVP 'One Million Trees' campaign

ZAMBOANGA CITY, June 7 (PIA) - The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-9, in support to the Million Trees Campaign of the Office of the Vice President of the Philippines led by Vice President Sara Zimmerman Duterte-Carpio, jointly conducts a simultaneous tree-growing activity on May 27, 2023 in different parts of the Zamboanga Peninsula.

This activity is based on the plans and programs of the OVP through their satellite offices to launch their One Million Trees Campaign nationwide.

DENR-9 In Charge, Office of the Regional Executive Director Ronald D. Gadot mobilized personnel from the regional office, Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Offices (PENROs) and Community Environment and Natural Resources Offices (CENROs) to initiate coordinative efforts with the different stakeholders within their locality, and prepare planting sites as well as provision of tree seedlings to be used on the said occasion.

The activity resulted in the planting of 7,463  seedlings composed of Narra, Bamboo, Mahogany, and Bakauan (Bato, Babae, Lalaki and Piyapi) with a total of 1,242 participants coming from the Office of the Vice President, DENR-9, Department of Education 9 represented by some teachers and students, Barangay Local Government Units, Philippine National Police(PNP), PNP Maritime, Provincial Environmental Management Office, Philippine Army 54th Engineering Brigade, Joint Task Force Zamboanga City, Philippine Marines, Philippine Air Force, Department of Interior and Local Government 9, Junior Chamber International Philippines, Mechanized and Modernized Forest Nurseries personnel, and TUPAD or Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged Workers beneficiaries in 11 planting sites.

The locations of the planting sites were at Minaog-Turno Bypass Road, Zamboanga del Norte (ZDN); San Pedro, Dapitan City; East Poblacion, Manukan, ZDN; Lamao, Liloy, ZDN; Cabral, Siocon, ZDN; Sitio Puting Bato, Upper Sicpao, Sominot, Zamboanga del Sur; Concepcion, San Miguel, ZDS; Sugod, Tukuran, ZSP; Canauan, Imelda, Zamboanga Sibugay Province; Palomoc, Titay, ZSP; and Talabaan, Zamboanga City.

RED Gadot lauded this project of the OVP and assured the different partners and stakeholders that the DENR is ready to support and assist them in terms of initiating and conducting environmental events and activities within the region. (NBE/EDT/CCP/PIA9 with report and photos from DENR-9)

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Clennkei Peñalosa

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Region 9

Clennkei C. Peñalosa is a member of the Subanen Indigenous Cultural Communities/Indigenous Peoples (ICCs/IPs) who earn a Bachelor’s degree in Broadcasting at the Western Mindanao State University (WMSU) and is currently pursuing her Juris Doctor degree. A content creator and writer, she writes news and feature stories in Zamboanga Peninsula and manages PIA9's social media platforms.

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