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SUNDAY, 16 SEPTEMBER 2012 18:36 FELIX N. CODILLA III / CORRESPONDENT
ORMOC CITY—Energy Development Corp. (EDC) held a tree-planting activity in 17 public schools in this city and in neighboring Kananga town on September 17 as part of its “Binhi: Tree for the Future” program.
EDC Vice President for the Leyte Geothermal Production Field (LGPF) Manuel Paete said they chose the schools so that the trees will have caretakers while growing.
Each school was planted with 10 premium, but endangered indigenous tree species namely yakal, tanguile, mayapis, whitelauan, balete, kamagong, molave, tindalo, dao, amugis and mangkono.
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Manager Reinero Medrano said the company hopes the planted species will become mother trees that would continue to propagate.
The chosen elementary schools in Ormoc are in Nueva Vista, Dolores, Milagro, Cabaon-an, Liberty, Maglahog, Danao, Gaas, Cabintan and Tongonan. In Kanana, the schools are in Aguiting, Lim-ao, Rizal, Montebello, Hiluctugan and Tongonan.
CSR Senior Supervisor Tracey Peralta told the pupils in Grades 4, 5 and 6 in the two Tongonan elementary schools that there are at least 3,000 native species in the country but they selected the most endangered premium trees.
EDC Forest Protection Officer Reynaldo Bangot said that since 2010, they have reforested 180 hectares of the 107,625-hectare reservation area of the LGPF. They have also established nine associations in various barangays in Ormoc and Kananga.
Reforestation is under the “Tree for the Future,” the flagship module of Binhi. It focuses on biodiversity preservation by rescuing and securing endangered premium native species in school grounds, public parks and urban areas that can provide safe haven for the long-term survival and protection of the trees.
The three other modules of Binhi are “Tree for Life,” “Tree for Food” and “Tree for Leisure.” Launched in 2008, Binhi is a commitment of EDC Chairman Emeritus Oscar M. Lopez to the Clinton Global Initiative to reforest 10,000 hectares in 10 years. source
In Photo: Manuel Paete, Energy Development Corp. Vice President for Leyte Geothermal Production Field, plants a yakal tree at Tongonan Elementary School in Ormoc City. Looking on are (from left) Assistant Community Partner Jessel Mosquera, CSR Senior Supervisor Tracey Peralta and Community Partnership Department Manager Emiliano C. Argoncillo. (Felix Codilla III)
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