DENR to plant more mangroves, Pili in Bicol

Luces, Niño N.

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April 22, 2014

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Luces, Niño N.

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The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Bicol revealed yesterday that almost 46 percent of its targeted reforestation are in Region 5, under the National Greening Program (NGP), has been completed. Forester Grace L. Cariño, assistant NGP coordinator for Bico9l, said that they are targeting to reforest an area of 92,000 hectares from 2011 to 2016 or equivalent to a 46 million trees until the end of the program. "So far right now, we already accomplished 46 percent of the total target. This is equivalent to 42,000 hectares we planned," Cariño said.

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Luces, N. N. (2014, April 22). DENR to plant more mangroves, Pili in Bicol. Manila Bulletin, p. 14.