DENR leads celebration of International Clean-up Month in Region 9

• Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=8&rid=805517
• Friday, September 18, 2015

By Hirohito D.Cadion [(PNA), CTB/TPGJR/HDC]

PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, Sept. 18 (PNA) – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is spearheading on Saturday a coastal clean-up activity to kick-off the observance of the International Clean-up Month here in Region 9.

Tito Gadon, DENR regional conservation and development chief, said Friday the coastal clean-up will be held in 11 coastal barangays in this city namely: Bomba; Poloyagan; Napolan; Dumagoc; Santa Lucia; Santiago; San Pedro; Lumbia; Kawit; White Beach; and, Muricay.

Gadon said similar activity will be also held in the beaches of the nearby towns of Tukuran and Labangan.

Gadon said the coastal clean-up will be participated in by the different sectors such as the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), police, military, ROTC cadets of different schools, and non-government organizations.

“We are requesting everybody to support the celebration of the International Clean-up Month from September 19 until October by conducting Costal Clean-up activity in selected areas here in the region,” he added.

He urged the people, especially coastal dwellers, to refrain from disposing garbage on rivers and seashores so as not to destroy “our natural resources.”

He said there is a need to protect the sea since it is the source of fish of the more than a dozen canneries based here in the region.

This year’s observance of the International Coastal Clean-up Month is anchored on the theme “Bayanihan para sa malinis na Katubigan at Karagatan.”