service, you must serve from the heart…This FLUP will be our guiding principle or handbook para ma-proteksyunan naton (so that we could protect), while we are going for development, we have to balance our environment,” said Palmares.
Aside from Duran and Palmares, the signing was also attended by Department of the Interior and Local Government Iloilo Provincial Director- Engr. Carmelo F. Orbista who shared the message of Regional Director Juan Jovian Ingeniero.
“As our population continues to grow, land is becoming more of a limited resource which is why it is important to institutionalize the proper allocation and classification of lands,” Orbista said.
DENR 6 has been encouraging local governments in the region for cooperation in crafting their respective FLUPs to strengthen capacities in protecting forest lands within their jurisdictions.
Other key officials who attended the event are Assistant Regional Director for Technical Services- Raul L. Lorilla who serves as the Chairperson of the Regional Technical Review Committee (RTRC), Passi CGENRO Alicia Dalipe, PENR Officer Salvador C. Manglinong Jr. of PENRO Iloilo, CENR Officer Glenn S. Del Norte of CENRO Barotac Nuevo, chiefs and representatives of the different DENR regional office divisions and line bureaus who also form part of the RTRC, as well as other personnel from the Passi City Government and DENR 6. (AAL/LAF/PIA6-Iloilo/DENR6)
