BARMM has 1M tree seedling reserves

• Source:https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1072344
• Monday, June 17, 2019

By Edwin Fernandez and Noel Punzalan (PNA)

COTABATO CITY – The Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources and Energy – Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (MENRE-BARMM) said on Thursday its tree seedling reserves in its regional nursery facility has already reached close to one million.

Environment officials and employees conducted a soil- bagging activity at the nursery in Barangay Dimapatoy, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao, as part of the celebration of the Environment Month.

“It (soil bagging) is a continuing effort is to prepare the young trees for future tree-planting events in the region,” MENRE-BARMM Minister Abdulraof Macacua said.

To ensure the sustainable growth of the regional seedling nursery, Macacua and other environment workers have committed to continue developing it along with various seedling nurseries across the Bangsamoro region.

“Soil-bagging activities would be considered a part of the ministry’s greening program amid the effects of climate change,” Macacua said.

Macacua said he would regularly visit seedling nurseries across the region to assess and evaluate the needs of nursery sites and take action on its sustainability.

BARMM comprises the provinces of Maguindanao, Lanao del Sur, Basilan, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi and the cities of Cotabato, Marawi and Lamitan.

In 2014, the defunct Department of Environment and Natural Resources–Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao succeeded in the care and eventual distribution of one million tree seedlings in the region through the regional tree seedling nursery.