BAGUIO CITY (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources – Cordillera spearheaded a clean-up drive along the Balili River in La Trinidad, and a tree planting in Itogon, Benguet on June 5
DENR-CAR Regional Executive Director Ralph Pablo, Mines and Geosciences Bureau -CAR Regional Director Faye Apil and Grace Solano of the Environment and Management Bureau-CAR led an orientation of the activities at the DENR-CAR compound at 4:00AM to the participants composed of personnel from the different line agencies and law enforcement agencies, local government units, academe, private sector and other volunteers.
Pablo said that the clean-up and tree planting activities are part of the nationwide simultaneous activity in celebration of the World Environment Day and the Philippine Environment Month with the theme, “No to Waste: Advancing Circular Economy to Beat Plastic Pollution.”
He expressed gratitude to various sectors for their support to the DENR-CAR- led activities stressing that their presence will make a difference for the environment of the region.
Pablo then led the clean-up activity along the stretch of the Balili River in La Trinidad while Apil led the tree planting in Itogon.
More than 300 individuals from the different sectors in Baguio City and Benguet supported the Balili River clean-up drive .
More than 2,300 kilograms of wastes were gathered during the clean-up activity.
