Isabela City, BASILAN - The Office of Civil
Defense-ARMM has actively participated on Saturday, 17 September 2016 during
the conduct of tree planting activity in Barangay Masola this city, dubbed as “Bayanihan
Para Sa Kalikasan."
An initiative
of the provincial government of Basilan led by Governor Jim Hataman Salliman,
at least four thousand (4,000) various types of tree seedlings have been
planted near the Kumalarang River.
Accordingly,
the new seedlings were planted as replacement to the previous fallen trees
along the Spillway of said barangay.
Apart from
the Civil Defense, the tree planting activity was also participated in by
hundreds of partners from various government line agencies and other private
groups, ARMM HEART, the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management
Council of Basilan, the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council of
Isabela, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Provincial Social Welfare
and Development Office, Department of Environment and Natural Resources,
Philippine Army, Philippine National Police, and the Nagdilaab Foundation, Inc.
Rene Mabilog,
OCD-ARMM Focal Person for Basilan, said it is important to plant trees because
ever since, the trees have furnished us with the two of life's essentials,
oxygen and food.
“This is
actually part of our Disaster Prevention and Mitigation campaign. Planting
trees is a must for us because it does not only remove harmful chemicals from
our soil, but also help reduce the greenhouse effects leading to global
warming,” said Mabilog.
Barangay
Masola residents are expected to take care of the newly planted seedlings.
(GILMHAR A. LAO, Information Officer-OCD
ARMM/MINDANAO EXPOSE’)
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