by: DENR Central Luzon
๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ ๐ โ The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and V On Wings, Inc. have sealed a partnership to boost reforestation efforts in Doรฑa Remedios Trinidad, Bulacan.
Dennis Vergara, head of the Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO)โBaliuag, reported that under the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA), a 32.51-hectare National Greening Program (NGP)โgraduated site will be adopted and planted with fruit trees, indigenous forest species, and timber trees.
โThe adoption of a graduated NGP plantation is a significant step toward ensuring continuity of care for reforested areas. It emphasizes not only tree planting, but also maintenance, protection, and long-term stewardship,โ DENR Regional Executive Director Ralph Pablo said.
Under the MOA, the CENRO Baliuag will provide technical and scientific assistance in nursery establishment and maintenance, and seedling production.
For its part, V On Wings, Inc. will carry out rehabilitation, protection, and conservation measures essential to the projectโs success by spearheading the planting, protection, and maintenance of the adopted plantation site and ensuring at least an 85% survival rate of planted trees for five years.
Pablo underscored the importance of collaboration with private stakeholders in adopting graduated NGP sites, noting that the initiative supports nature-based solutions for disaster risk reduction and management, as well as climate change adaptation and mitigation.