The
Department of Agrarian Reform Provincial Office (DARPO) in Tuguegarao City,
Cagayan celebrated the 3rd CARPER (R.A. No. 9700) Anniversary on August, 2012 with a tree planting activity at barangay Maddarulug, Solana, Cagayan wherein
approximately 300 mahogany tree and other fruit tree seedlings were planted by
the municipal agrarian reform officers (MAROs), division chiefs (CARPOs), and provincial
agrarian reform officers (PAROs).
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| For our children and our children's children... |
The tree planting activity is in line with the
National Greening Program (NGP) pursuant to Executive Order No. 26, dated
February 24, 2011 signed President Benigno S. Aquino, III which mandated the DA-DAR-DENR Convergence Initiative to develop a
National Greening Program in cooperation with the Department of Education
(DepEd), Commission on Higher Education (CHED), Department of Social Welfareand Development (DSWD), Department of Budget and Management (DBM), private
sector and other concerned agencies and institutions. The
program aims to plant trees on 1.5 million hectares for a period of six years
from 2011 to 2016. It is a multi-sectoral project, as such, the project
harmonizes all the greening efforts of both public and private sectors, such as
the Upland Development Program, LuntiangPilipinas, etc.
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| No, that's not an ARB, that's PARO Gil Acasili... |
Under the program, any
individual, group, school, organization, or company can be a part of the NGP as
a volunteer tree planter, or donor/sponsor of seedlings, planting tools, and
other materials such as organic fertilizers. In
fact, government
employees and students (Grades 5-6, high school, and college) are expected to
plant at least 10 seedlings a year.
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| A little more and we're done for today.... |
Barangays
and state universities and colleges (SUCs) are also encouraged to establish
nurseries for the NGP. The DAR is also targeting Agrarian Reform Communities
(ARCs) to participate by encouraging them to establish nurseries and to plant
fuel wood in order to reduce the need to cut down other trees for fuel.
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| Fertilizer please... |
The NGP aims to plant a variety of trees such as, agroforestry
species for the production zones and indigenous/native/endemic species for
protection zones and urban areas. /cds
