NGCP’s Agro-Forest Tree Plantation Project continues in Samar

By PIA Samar
August 29, 2012

CATBALOGAN CITY  –  The Agro-Forest Tree Plantation Project of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) in Samar is being implemented as planned.

The three-year project according to Elmer Cruz of NGCP continues. This was also the assurance of a joint inspection committee, which recently checked on the progress of the said project done in harmony with the Tree Replacement Program for the benefit of the Municipality of Paranas and the neighboring communities of Calbayog City in Samar.

As a socially and environmentally responsible corporation, NGCP made sure plants and trees affected by the construction of the Wright-Calbayog Transmission Project will be replenished.

Together with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-CENRO and PENRO and the members of the Pabanog Small Farmers Association Inc. (PASFA), NGCP has agreed to a reforestation program that will aid the nearby communities and barangays. The commitment was sealed by the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) on June 6, 2011.

On June 21 this year, the parties conducted a joint inspection on the accomplished activities under the Agro-Forest Tree Plantation Project.

The coordinating bodies assessed the fulfillment of the Maintenance and Protection clauses that were stipulated in the MoA. Maintenance and Protection include clearing / ringweeding, cultivation and fertilization as well as fireline maintenance.

As the DENR-endorsed developers of the project, the PASFA has prepared a Work and Financial Plan to effectively implement the said Tree Replacement Program over a three-year period.