DENR, local partners complete tree-planting activities in Sierra Madre
Published Aug 29, 2019 10:39 pm
By Ellalyn De Vera-Ruiz
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), together with the local government of General Tinio in Nueva Ecija province and other stakeholders, have completed its annual tree-planting activities in Sierra Madre in a bid to save what remains of the mountain range’s dwindling forest cover.
he Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) with the local government unit (LGU) of General Tinio, Nueva Ecija, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Philippine National Police (PNP), Rotary Club and various stakeholders plant narra and mahogany seedlings in Upper Tabuating Reservoir Irrigation Project in Bgy Nazareth, General Tinio, Nueva Ecija in efforts to save Sierra Madre. (DENR)
The participants to the Sierra Madre Greening Program spent four days to plant trees at the site of the Upper Tabuating Small Reservoir Irrigation Project.
The tree planting activity, led by DENR Internal Audit Service Director Rolando Castro, will help to reforest Sierra Madre that supplies water to Angat Dam, the main source of water of Metro Manila.
Activities were held on July 14 and 26 and August 3 and 16, pursuant to the 21-year-old “Adopt-A-Mountain Program” under DENR Administrative Order No. 98-62.
Aside from the local government of General Tinio, DENR was also joined in the undertaking by participants from the National Irrigation Administration, Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine National Police, and Rotary Clubs of Makati Rockwell, Makati EDSA and San Francisco del Monte, Quezon City.
The tree-planting activities were also in accordance with the DENR’s ISO 14001:2015 certification which requires the continuous rehabilitation and reforestation of degraded forest areas.
In 2015, the DENR became the first institution or agency in the country to receive the ISO 14001:2015 certificate from the ISO, an international standard-setting body composed of representatives from national standard organizations of over 140 member-countries.
Since then, the ISO has been reissuing the certification to the agency based on the recommendation of the Philippine arm of Standard Global Services (SGS), the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing, and certification firm.
ISO 14001 is an internationally agreed standard that sets out the requirements for an environmental management system. It helps organizations improve their environmental performance through more efficient use of resources and reduction of waste, gaining a competitive advantage and the trust of stakeholders.
he Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) with the local government unit (LGU) of General Tinio, Nueva Ecija, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Philippine National Police (PNP), Rotary Club and various stakeholders plant narra and mahogany seedlings in Upper Tabuating Reservoir Irrigation Project in Bgy Nazareth, General Tinio, Nueva Ecija in efforts to save Sierra Madre. (DENR)
The participants to the Sierra Madre Greening Program spent four days to plant trees at the site of the Upper Tabuating Small Reservoir Irrigation Project.
The tree planting activity, led by DENR Internal Audit Service Director Rolando Castro, will help to reforest Sierra Madre that supplies water to Angat Dam, the main source of water of Metro Manila.
Activities were held on July 14 and 26 and August 3 and 16, pursuant to the 21-year-old “Adopt-A-Mountain Program” under DENR Administrative Order No. 98-62.
Aside from the local government of General Tinio, DENR was also joined in the undertaking by participants from the National Irrigation Administration, Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine National Police, and Rotary Clubs of Makati Rockwell, Makati EDSA and San Francisco del Monte, Quezon City.
The tree-planting activities were also in accordance with the DENR’s ISO 14001:2015 certification which requires the continuous rehabilitation and reforestation of degraded forest areas.
In 2015, the DENR became the first institution or agency in the country to receive the ISO 14001:2015 certificate from the ISO, an international standard-setting body composed of representatives from national standard organizations of over 140 member-countries.
Since then, the ISO has been reissuing the certification to the agency based on the recommendation of the Philippine arm of Standard Global Services (SGS), the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing, and certification firm.
ISO 14001 is an internationally agreed standard that sets out the requirements for an environmental management system. It helps organizations improve their environmental performance through more efficient use of resources and reduction of waste, gaining a competitive advantage and the trust of stakeholders.