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==[[Southern Leyte News]]==
==[[Southern Leyte News]]==
'''DENR-8 finalizes Biodiversity Assessment of REDD+ Pilot Area and Mt. Nacolod in SoLeyte'''
'''1st zoo in Eastern Visayas opens in Maasin City'''
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R08&article=1291335336973
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R08&article=1291335494267
*Thursday, April 26, 2012
*Friday, April 27, 2012
:by  Rebecca S. Cadavos
:by  Rebecca S. Cadavos




MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, April 27 (PIA) -- Organized by the Southern Leyte Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SLCCI) in coordination with the city government of Maasin, the Maasin City Nature and Wildlife Park or simply known as Maasin Zoo had its soft opening, April 26, Thursday, situated at Danao Forest Park, Sitio Danao, Malapoc Norte, this city.


MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, April 26 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has completed the Biodiversity Assessment of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD) pilot area and at Mt. Nacolod in the province of Southern Leyte.  
The soft opening was conducted hours after the 2nd Eastern Visayas Business Conference was held at the Kuting Reef, in the municipality of Macrohon. Twelve (12) chambers of commerce and industry that attended the business meeting trouped to Maasin Zoo for the soft opening, the first throughout Eastern Visayas region.  


DENR 8 Regional Executive Director Rogelio T. Trinidad in a letter to PIA-Maasin said, a presentation of the assessment and a Management Planning will be conducted on May 2-3, 2012 at Kuting Reef in Macrohon, this province.  
The soft opening held at past three in the afternoon started with a short program, attended by different stakeholders, media practitioners, local and regional officials and visitors composed of the 12 chambers throughout Eastern Visayas coming from Palompon, Baybay, Isabel, Ormoc, Leyte, Calbayog, Samar, Catarman, Northern Samar, Guian, Burauen, and the Southern Leyte CCI headed by its President Robert Castañares. The program was hosted by Zaldy Olita from the city government.  


The activity, he said, is aimed to present the results of the biodiversity assessment and draft the management plan for Mt. Nacolod based on the practical knowledge and strategic species-habitat information gathered during the study.  
A tour around Maasin zoo was made after the program, led by Maasin City Mayor Maloney Samaco with the Sangguniang Panglungsod members, Regional Directors from the Department of Tourism (DOT), Karina Rosa Santiago, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)Cynthia Nierras and Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST) Edgar Esperancilla and investors of the zoo.  


The study was jointly undertaken by Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau/New Conservation Areas in the Philippines Project (PAWB/NewCAPP) and Forest Management Bureau//German Development Cooperation-Deutsche Gesellschaft fluer Internationale Zusammenarbeit –Climate relevant modernization of forest policy and the REDD in the Philippines Project (FMB/GIZ REDD+ Project) through the Fauna and Flora International (FFI).  
Animals that can be seen at Maasin Zoo are two camels, two miniature horses, three tigers, one small Celebes Black Ape, two red-necked ostrich, crocodiles, snakes, and different species of birds such as the silver pheasant, victoria crown, umbrella and black palm cockatoos, Philippine eagle, among other classes of birds.  


The project study coordinated by DENR 8 and PENRO Southern Leyte was also participated by the local universities and representatives from the local government units.  
A grand opening of Maasin Zoo is set next month, May, while summer break is on the wane, it was learned.  


“It was a long-month ground survey that started November 2011 yet,” Director Trinidad said.  
SLCCI President Castañares was grateful for the realization of one of the tourism hubs in Southern Leyte, saying that, “the local economy can benefit through building this major tourism hub in the province.” He was pleased with the visitors who came from other parts of region 8 for them to observe while the zoo is still under construction.  


The two-day activity is expected to be attended by key stakeholders of the province including the mayors of municipalities within the Mt. Nacolod and chairperson of Sanggunian for Environment at the provincial and municipal levels, representatives from the academe, natural environment protectors and managers, provincial and municipal planning office, among others concerned. (ldl/rgc/PIA 8-Southern Leyte)
The 30-hectare park is located in the 500-hectare Danao Forest Reserve in the upland barangay of Malapoc Norte, 14-kilometer away from the city proper and situated 335 meters above sea level. (ldl/rgc-PIA 8, Southern Leyte)


==Photo Gallery of Southern Leyte, Philippines==
==Photo Gallery of Southern Leyte, Philippines==
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