The Laguna Lake Development Authority takes
its share in the implementation of the
National Greening Program (NGP) of President
Benigno Aquino III with its signing of a
Memorandum of Agreement last 30 May 2011
with the Federation of River Basin
Foundation, INC. (FRBFI), Rizal Provincial
Government and University of Rizal System (URS)
Tanay for a province-wide tree-planting
program in Rizal.
The FRBFI is designated to identify areas
for planting based on LLDA’s Reforestation
Plan for the Laguna de Bay Region. In
addition, the foundation together with URS
shall undertake the actual nursery
establishment and operation for seedling
propagation.
For its part, LLDA will provide the
aforementioned institutions with ample
technical and financial assistance and the
necessary materials to successfully carry
out the planting plan and the out-planting
of the seedlings.
For sustainability and better management,
the participating agencies are also creating
capacity-building mechanisms for the
communities within the tree-planting zones.
LLDA General Manager Rod Cabrera expresses
the full commitment of the Authority to the
greening program which was initiated by
President Aquino through the Department of
Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).
“We hope to plant one million seedlings by
2016 in Rizal alone and about another
million in Laguna” the GM ardently said.
Meanwhile, the Rizal government has pledged
to enjoin its component municipalities and
other agencies to extensively participate to
the greening program. It shall involve the
Department of Education and the Commission
on Higher Education for an educational drive
campaign and to engage the youth in the
tree-planting activities.
