Military Reservation Sites in the Philippines
By Joel C. Atencio
The Department of National Defense (DND) said Saturday it has allocated 12,000 hectares from military reservations nationwide for the establishment of tree nursery sites.
Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin disclosed this after a series of talks with other government and concerned agencies in the ongoing National Greening Program of the government.
Through Executive Order No. 26, dated February 24, 2011, President Benigno S. Aquino III declared the implementation of the National Greening Program (NGP) to “consolidate and harmonize all greening efforts” of the national government, local government agencies and all other stakeholders, including the private sector.
The NGP aims to plant 1.5 billion trees in about 1.5 million hectares of land for a period of six years from 2011 to 2016.
“The Department of National Defense remains steadfast in its commitment to help in the preservation of our environment. This will be our legacy to the succeeding generations of Filipinos,” Gazmin said.
Under the program, the DND was tasked with the establishment of nurseries and seedling production, site preparation, transportation support, and security.
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