IPO Watershed, which supplies fresh water to 20 million people living or working in Metro Manila, will be bolstered with hundreds of thousands of new trees next year.Through donations generated from GCash, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), the United Nations Development Program’s Biodiversity Finance Initiative (Biofin) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) will plant the first of 365,000 native trees such as narra, lauaan, kupang and yakal as soon as Covid-19 restrictions are lifted in 2021.

DENR, GCash, WWF, Biofin to plant 365,000 trees. (2020, December 15). The Manila Times, p. B11.