Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Ma. Antonia Yulo Loyzaga mentioned Tuesday that the company is prioritizing two million hectares of forest lands in its reforestation program.
“In terms of our own targets sa DENR, we want to do two million hectares as a priority. Ang one million na pong iyan have been mapped adequately and we can actually already show this to local decision-makers as well as private sector, community-based forestry and management groups to say dito po sana ang priority natin,” Loyzaga mentioned at a Palace press briefing.
She mentioned that in the case of targets, the figuring out elements for the company are the finances and people businesses that may companion with the DENR on the initiatives.
“We need partnerships, and the only way we’re going to be able to implement the reforestation at a phase na siguro ina-anticipate ng lahat ‘no, is to build the partnerships in those areas na priority siya,” Loyzaga mentioned.
According to the DENR chief, the company continues to be hoping to perform ten million hectares of forest lands in its reforestation program.
“So, ang one million is the modest target for our being able to actually get partnerships to move forward. Two million is our reach ‘no, is our reach but sana po umabot sa ten at least in terms of the overall na 15 by the end ‘no,” she mentioned.
Meanwhile, Loyzaga additionally mentioned President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. had authorised the creation of the Geospatial Database Office that may map out the nation’s pure assets.
“So just this morning, we were asked to present a new office at the DENR call the National Natural Resource Geospatial Database Office (GDO). That office was organized after our first meeting with the President after our appointment where we suggested to him that it would be essential to manage our natural resources through establishing a physical baseline, kung ano po ang nandidiyan in terms of our natural resources in order for them to be accounted for, to be valued properly, and to be managed properly.
Loyzaga said the office would use satellite imagery and other tools to check the natural resources.
“So what this may do for us is it can enable us to establish saan ba ang precedence when it comes to forestation, reforestation, or the place must be the water techniques and infrastructure na dapat po ilagay natin as a way to attain probably the most populations in want,” Loyzaga mentioned. —VAL, GMA Integrated News
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