About 90, 000 plantable mahogany and coffee saplings were handed over to 103rd Base Command Producers Cooperative to start the reforestation in Barangay Dilimbayan, Maguing, Lanao del Sur on Thursday, Oct. 22.
The Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources and Energy(MENRE), through its Integrated Bangsamoro Greening Program (IBGP), initiated the tree planting activity with some local officials in the said barangay.
“Our target is to plant 259, 670 mahoganies and 116, 847 coffee sapling to 354.06 hectares of deforested land here in Maguing,” said Asnawi Dataman, Provincial Environment, Natural Resources and Energy (PENRE) Officer of Lanao del Sur.
Other IBGP beneficiaries to receive saplings include Borocot Farm Agriculture Cooperative, Balintad Bato-Bato Agriculture Cooperative, Kianodan Tree Planters Agriculture Cooperative, Makalikasan Lilod Maguing Agriculture Cooperative, and 112th Brigade Bushra Base Command Marketing Cooperative.
“Nagpapasalamat kami sa pamunuan ng MENRE, sapagkat kami ang napiling manguna sa kauna-unahan IBGP tree planting sa First District ng Lanao del Sur,”103rd Brigade Base Commander Aleem Mujahid Dimaampao said.
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https://bangsamoro.gov.ph/…/menre-starts-reforestation-in-…/
Source: Bangsamoro Government
(Bureau of Public Information)
