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==Tupi celebrates 17th ‘Linggo ng Matutum’== | |||
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R12&article=1681332403154 | |||
*Friday 23rd of March 2012 | |||
:By. (PGFruylan/PIA-Gensan) | |||
GENERAL SANTOS CITY, March 23 (PIA) --Thousands of local and foreign tourists who want to experience nature have trooped to Tupi, South Cotabato for the “Linggo ng Matutum” in commemoration of the 17th year anniversary of the declaration of Mt. Matutum as a protected landscape. | |||
The week-long celebration which started on March 19 does not only showcase the abundance of the municipality, known as “the fruit, vegetable and flower basket of South Cotabato,” but also emphasizes environmental protection and conservation especially of the Mt. Matutum Protected Landscape (MMPL). | |||
“Amyak Maleh,” a B'laan term for “climb and plant,” highlights the said celebration. It gathers environmental stakeholders and other nature enthusiasts for an overnight trekking to the more than 2,000-meter high volcano for tree-planting and other environmental preservation activities. | |||
Ali Hadjinasser, Protected Areas and Wildlife Division (PAWD) Chief of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) 12 urged stakeholders to balance economic development with environmental conservation in consonance with this year’s theme: "Protect our Watershed, Save our Lives." | |||
Hadjinasser disclosed there are so many threats facing the Mt. Matutum Protected Landscape (MMPL) and one is the massive conversion of forest area into agricultural use which is detrimental to watershed areas. | |||
"Matutum is already proclaimed as protected area and the disposition of the same into other uses is no longer allowed," the local government information center quoted Hadjinasser as saying. | |||
The PAWD chief revealed that there is a need to protect the Mt. Matutum watershed as it supplies 30% of the water requirements of South Cotabato, Sarangani and Gen. Santos City. | |||
“We need to protect the source of our water, let us protect and conserve it," he said. | |||
Meanwhile, Mayor Reynaldo Tamayo Jr. also emphasized environmental preservation in the celebration of Linggo ng Matutum” as he expressed agreement with the PAWD vhief’s statement of giving balance to “environment and development.” | |||
"We don't need to announce how many trees we planted, the most important is we are doing our part for the environment," the mayor said. | |||
Other activities in the Linggo ng Matutum include Search for Mutya ng Kalikasan 2012, Mountaineers Night, Nightly Live Band, and the traditional Fireworks Display on March 24 to cap the week-long celebration. | |||
==Mindanao students dominate 'Pasiklaban sa Paaralan'== | ==Mindanao students dominate 'Pasiklaban sa Paaralan'== | ||
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Pasiklaban sa Paaralan serves as an avenue for intellectual competition among the students and shows how information and communications technology (ICT) can help in academic instruction. It enhances the classroom experience of students and features questions related to Science, Math, Languages, Literature and General Information. It travels around the country on board a custom-built van equipped with 10 laptops used as a playing console, a server that is the brain of the competition, a mobile sound system and LCD projectors. | Pasiklaban sa Paaralan serves as an avenue for intellectual competition among the students and shows how information and communications technology (ICT) can help in academic instruction. It enhances the classroom experience of students and features questions related to Science, Math, Languages, Literature and General Information. It travels around the country on board a custom-built van equipped with 10 laptops used as a playing console, a server that is the brain of the competition, a mobile sound system and LCD projectors. | ||
==Region 12 LGUs urged to take disaster risk reduction measures== | ==Region 12 LGUs urged to take disaster risk reduction measures== | ||