Joint efforts by Tagum City and Compostela Valley province led to the seizure of hot logs with a total volume of 300 cubic meters that were being transported from the municipality of Loreto, Agusan del Sur. The logs will be fabricated into school furniture.
Brothers Mayor Rey T. Uy of Tagum City and Governor Arturo T. Uy of Comval initiated the hauling of the logs after first having the road network repaired. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources regional office in Caraga approved the confiscation.
Evilio Tabanquil, chief of the Forest Protection Division of DENR Region 11 said the confiscated hardwood products were part of the first batch of logs earlier apprehended in the same area but were not hauled off due to the poor condition of the road network.
Twelve (12) truckloads of lauan and other (miscellaneous) hardwood species were officially turned over by DENR last October 25 to the city’s motorpool in Tipaz, Barangay East where other confiscated logs await processing into into school furniture, such as armchairs, desks, kiddie chairs and teacher’s tables – a process which Mayor Uy noted would take until December 2012 to finish the job.
