GREEN AGUSAN DEL SUR: A Tree Planting Activity For Earth Day Celebration
Agusan del Sur commemorates Earth Day by tree planting activity at Mt. Magdiwata watershed, San Francisco, Agusan del Sur.Clemente Aroy / PPIO - PAMRE
IN observance to the 2014 Earth Day celebration, the province of Agusan del Sur conducted a tree planting activity to conserve the environment led by Agusan del Sur Sustainable Development Council (ASESDC) in partnership with the Provincial Government of Agusan del Sur (PGAS) and the Municipal Government of San Francisco on April 22.
The one day activity was participated by over 372 individual coming from Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO), DILG provincial office, 401st Brigade of the Philippine Army, PNP provincial and municipal offices, private and public schools, local media and employees of PGAS.
A total of 1,200 Philippine Rosewood seedlings locally know as Toog were planted by the group at Mt. Magdiwata watershed.
Before the formal tree planting activity, Forester Danilo J. Sarong of PENRO told the participants that the activity was not only just a tree planting but also a Tree Parenting and Tree Growing activity in which the participants not just to plant the seedlings but to nourish and protect it until it grows.
While, Dr. Rex T. Linao, Ph. D. Co-Chairperson of ASESDC explained about the importance of planting trees in Mt. Magdiwata because it has a best source of potable water in the municipality of San Francisco and nearby places.
Known for her advocacy in greening program for Mt. Magdiwata, Mayor Jenny de Asis participated in the activity. On July 2013, it was remembered that Mayor de Asis declared an all-out protection campaign against all forms of environmentally destructive activities in the municipality which resulted to the captured of the illegal loggers.
Governor Adolph Edward “Eddiebong” G. Plaza greatly supports the said activity not just as chairman of the ASESDC but as an Agusanon who is keen in protecting and preserving the environment especially in Agusan del Sur.
The provincial executive even said “They can choose between leaving while standing or they will be removed as they lie down dead,” in a radio interview last July 2013 because of the illegal miners caught during a raid in Mt. Magdiwata.
Provincial Administrator Jesusimo “Nanoy” L. Ronquillo on the other hand lead in the “Deklarasyon alang sa hugot nga suporta sa KAMPANYA PARA SA PAGDUMALA SA MT. MAGDIWATA (KP2M2)” which declares the commitment of every Agusanon in protecting the majestic mountain.
MT. MAGDIWATA
The Mt. Magdiwata Watershed which covers 1,700 hectares of still verdant forest land has been fully protected by law through Presidential Proclamation 282 on October 23, 1993.
The 1,658-hectare Mt. Magdiwata watershed forest reserve is the only source of potable water supply to some 100,000 residents of this town even to commercial and industrial users.
Mt. Magdiwata, along with all the mountain ranges in Agusan Valley extending up to Compostela Valley in Compostela province, is part of the red mountain ranges known to have rich gold ore deposits.
According to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Mt. Magdiwata is also sanctuary to the remaining flora and fauna and other wildlife endangered animal and bird species affected by unabated timber poaching, hunting, quarrying and illegal mining and exploration activities.
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