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==[[Apayao News]]==
==[[Apayao News]]==
'''Apayao police intercept illegal lumber'''
'''DENR confident of accomplishing Greening Project target'''
*Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=56344
*Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=58019
*By: Englebert Soriano
*By: Joseph B Zambrano
*''September 27, 2011''
*''October 07, 2011''


As the crackdown against illegal logging operators and timber poachers in the region is intensified, the 3rd platoon of the Regional Public Safety Battalion based at Torayok, Conner, Apayao seized about 937 board feet of illegally sawn white lawan and apprehended four male persons.
The region will accomplish its target this year in the National Greening Program (NGP) even as it ranks seventh in accomplishments among regions in the country as of September.


The colored blue Elf truck with plate number PHJ 260 was loaded with undocumented illegally sawn white lawan when it was intercepted in a checkpoint at 4:00 a.m. on September 22.
‘We are right on track, we are slowly reaching our objective and I am positive that we will reach our objective,’ Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Cordillera regional executive director Clarence Baguilat declared.


The illegal lumber are allegedly owned by Rommel Thomas Aliban, 30, married and resident of Mawique, Conner, Apayao.
In the Cordillera region, the NGP program shall plant some 3,400,000 trees covering 6,838 hectares for a period of six years.


Apprehended suspects were identified as all helpers and a residents of Mawique, Conner, Apayao.
The province of Abra leads in accomplishing this, followed by Benguet, Kalinga, Mt. Province, Ifugao, and '''Apayao''', Baguilat said.


The apprehended suspects and the vehicle loaded with confiscated items were brought to Conner MPS for proper disposition.
In order to ensure the successful implementation of the NGP, all students identified by the Department of Education and by the Commission on Higher Education, and all government employees are individually required to plant a minimum of 10 seedlings a year.


Meanwhile, Bokod municipal police station led by PSInsp Jesus D Lozano spotted piled lumber beside a rice field at Sitio Badekbek, Daclan, Bokod, Benguet on September 25 at about 7:00 a.m.
Private sector and civil society groups are likewise encouraged to participate in the NGP with the assistance from the government, Baguilat added.


The 37 pieces of newly sawn lumber with total volume of 211 board feet were brought to the Bokod MPS prior to their turn over to the Community Environment Natural Resources Office
‘The wet season greatly helps the tree seedlings to grow. Tree seedlings need a lot of water in order for them to grow healthy,” Baguilat explained.
 
NGP was created under Executive Order No. 26 of President Benigno S. Aquino to pursue sustainable development for poverty reduction, food security, biodiversity conservation, and climate change mitigation and adaption.


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