A total of ten million trees will be planted
nationwide by the Philippine National Police (PNP) in support of the National
Greening Program (NGP), said Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Ramon
J. P. Paje.
PNP’s
pledge of support for the NGP is based on a memorandum of agreement signed last
week with PNP Director General Nicanor Bartolome, kicking off the “Pulis
Makakalikasan: 10 Milyong Puno, Pamana sa Kinabukasan” project, or “Police for
Nature: 10 Million Trees Heritage for the Future.”
The
NGP, established on February 24, 2011 by President Aquino through Executive
Order No. 26, is led by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources
(DENR) and co-implemented by the Departments of Agriculture and Agrarian
Reform.
The
Pulis Makakalikasan project will run up to February 28, 2013, and involve all
140,000 personnel of the PNP. Each will plant a total of 72 tree seedlings – or
six tree seedlings per month – over the upcoming year.
“Taking
his organization one step further beyond planting trees speaks loudly of
General Bartolome’s resolve to mainstream Philippine environmentalism as one of
his organization’s core values,” said Paje, who lauded the PNP for “going the
extra mile.”
Under
the agreement, the PNP will set up tree nurseries inside PNP camps throughout
the country, assisted by DENR specialists who will help to coordinate the
choice of seedlings and areas for planting.
Planting
sites will be accessible to forest communities who will help to maintain the
planted seedlings.
For this
year, the NGP has set itself an ambitious target to rehabilitate some 200,000
hectares and raise some 114 million planting materials, says the DENR.
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