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MinDA shares tree planting victory with Mindanaoans Volume II, No. 27
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By JENNIFER P. GAITANO
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ollowing the recently concluded TreeVolution: Greening MindanaNOW through a tree planting activity in multiple locations in Mindanao in one hour, the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) shared victory with the rest of the Mindanaoans for the success of said historic event.
“But more than the new world record, we are overwhelmed with pride and gratitude for the support and cooperation of all Mindanaoans who came out in droves to support the movement to revive Mindanao’s forest cover. We are filled with hope by the sights of parents See minda, page 7
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Plant and Forget TURNING POINT By William R. Adan
Emano said that all department heads of provincial offices along with their personnel, will attend to the concerns and issues of residents of Naawan and
NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental - Rallying thousands of hands to plant simultaneously millions of trees within an hour across a vast tract of land is no small feat to any organizer. Yet this is what the Mindanao Development Authority (MDA) dared and accomplished on Friday, 26 September 2014. On that day, from 8:30 – 9:30 a.m., 189, 755 volunteers from all walks of life planted 3,517, 489 seedlings of various tree species across 260 locations in Mindanao. The feat was done in cooperation and close coordination with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), the local governments units (LGUs), the academe and other sectors of society in Mindanao. The massive tree planting project was dubbed “TreeVolution: Greening MindaNOW.” The search for long term solutions to the increasing frequency of disastrous floods in Mindanao spurred the mass environmental action. It was pursued under the government’s National Greening Program.
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Bird’s eye view of TreeVolution - (above photo)Volunteers
arrive to register during the TreeVolution at Sitio Kapyawe in Barangay Alegria on September 26. An initial unofficial tally from the LGU-PENRO reported that 23,719 seedlings were planted by 1,072 volunteers in Alabel. In Kiamba and Maasim, 39,120 trees were planted by 3,833 planters including Maitum volunteers while 2,500 planters in Malungon planted 50,000 seedlings. Throughout the province of Sarangani, a total of 112,839 seedlings were planted by 7,405 volunteers. (Cocoy Sexcion for ALABEL PENRO/SARANGANI INFORMATION OFFICE). (right photo)Mariel Ann Villarosa of the administrative division of Department of Agrarian Reform in Sarangani plants a Narra seedling during the TreeVolution Friday, September 26. She was part of the 1,072 planters in Sitio Kapyawe in Barangay Alegria who planted a total of 23,719 seedlings in a 50-hectare area. Other TreeVolution planting sites in Sarangani are in Barangay Katubao, Kiamba (50 hectares), Barangay Lumasal, Maasim (50 hectares) and Barangay San Miguel, Malungon (100 hectares). (Martin Fernando E. Bernad Jr./SARANGANI INFORMATION OFFICE)
Misamis Oriental government brought basic services to Naawan By CRIS DIAZ of Mindanao Daily News Executive Editor
MISAMIS Oriental - The provincial government of Misamis Oriental transfer the operation of the provincial government to Naawan, a coastal town 62 kilometers west of Cagayan
de Oro City on Friday. The one-day transfer is part of provincial Governor Yevgeny Vincente Emano’s policy of bringing the government’s basic services closer to the people.
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