The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is now adopting the “family approach” as one of the modes in implementing the Enhanced National Greening Program (ENGP). Under this program, families are allowed to establish forest plantations composed of timber and non-timber species like rattan. Within production zones, beneficiary families can also establish agroforestry plantations composed of timber, non-timber, and high-value crops such as coffee, cacao, rubber, and other fruit trees, provided that the area must be planted with more forestry species than high-value crops.
“In adopting the family approach, the families themselves will directly benefit from the program. Implementing this approach is guided by Technical Bulletin No. 30 issued by the Forest Management Bureau (FMB),” says Forester Crisostomo E. Badeo, Jr., Community Environment and Natural Resources Officer (CENRO) of Palo.
Technical Bulletin No. 30 was issued by the FMB to facilitate the participation of families in the National Greening Program as partners of the Department when developing plantation or rehabilitating qualified areas.
Recently CENRO Palo, identified 122 families as beneficiaries of this program. They will be planting an aggregate area of 763 hectares with different commodities. This is divided into 200 hectares for bamboo trees, 63 hectares for fruit-bearing trees and another 469 hectares for indigenous species.
“We encourage the family-beneficiaries to put to heart the implementation of this program and for our part, the DENR commits to provide the technical and financial assistance as long as your claim is valid and with complete requirements. Let us help each other on this program,” says Moises de la Cruz, Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Officer of Leyte who affixed his signature on the LOAs for the Department.
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- Published: 18 March 2021