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DENR-ARMM starts massive tree planting in Maguindanao’s watershed areas
- Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=8&rid=824747
- Monday, November 9, 2015
- (PNA), JMC/NYP/EOF
COTABATO CITY, Nov. 9 (PNA) –- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (DENR-ARMM) has started seedling preparations for massive tree planting programs in Maguindanao, environment officials said.
Forester Kahal Kedtag, DENR-ARMM regional secretary, said his office has started seedling preparations on Sunday with the participation of farmers in Sitio Dimapatoy, Barangay Lomboy, Datu Odin Sinsuat (DOS), Maguindanao.
Through the “cash for work program,” DENR-ARMM enlisted members of the Lupa Sinaka (farm lot) Farmers’ Associaiton (LSFA) of Barangay Lomboy, DOS, Maguindanao.
”They prepare planting materials and paid 50 centavos every seedling,” Kedtag said of the project which aims to produce 1 million seedlings in a month.
“This is a very noble project, our farmers earn while they help restore our lost environment,” Kedtag said of association members who have no permanent job or fixed income.
The seedlings include those for Gmelina, coffee, acacia and narra, he said.
”These will be planted in the Kabulnan watershed in South Upi and Dimapatoy in DOS watershed areas, both in Maguindanao.
The South Upi watershed provides water for the Kabulnan irrigation system that waters 15,000 hectares of farmlands in Maguindanao.
On the other hand, the Dimapatoy watershed provides water sources for Metro Cotabato Water District (MCWD) serving water for Cotabato City and the towns of Datu Odin Sinsuat and Sultan Kudarat, both in Maguindanao.
“This is our way of helping restore our forest, this is to help cushion the impact of climate change,” Kedtag told reporters.
Aside from tree planting program for the watershed, DENR-ARMM had been spearheading massive tree planting activities in partnership with the military-led Balik Kalikasan Advocacy Group (BKAG).
Started in early 2014, the BKAG, under the leadership of the military’s 603rd Infantry Brigade, has already planted more than 1 million trees in Maguindanao, North Cotabato and Sultan Kudarat provinces.