The SM Foundation, Inc. (SMFI) recently signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR 11) and the Kibangay Unified Farmers Association, to finance a total of PhP250,000.00 for the National Greening Program (NGP) particularly in Marilog District, this city.
As spelled out in the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA), the SMFI represented by Maria Lynette A. Lopez will pay the farmers association P250T to do the comprehensive site development for NGP. Further, the SMFI together with the DENR will conduct regular monitoring and evaluation of the activities conducted by the PO as basis of payment; among others.
As the beneficiaries of this partnership, the Kibangay Unified Farmers Association represented by their President Maximo Gumop-as, is tasked to undertake the comprehensive site development of the 20 hectare land which they will plant with at least 500 seedlings preferably indigenous species per hectare. They should also ensure at least 85 percent survival of the seedlings planted. Further, they are to prepare their Work and Financial Plan for this project.
DENR for its part will be the in-charge of the following: identification and delineation of the 20 hectares of forestlands located at Kibangay, Suawon, Marilog District; survey, mapping and planning of the project area; geo-tagging and photo-documentation, among others.
In his message, DENR 11 Regional Executive Director Joselin Marcus E. Fragada said that he is very much thankful to the SM Foundation for responding to DENR’s call for partnership in NGP implementation. “The DENR is actively mobilizing every sector of the society as far as NGP is concerned. Thus, this new partnership we forged with SMFI is already a big help in our fight against climate change and poverty,” Fragada added.
NGP is one of the priority programs of the government geared to attain sustainable development through poverty reduction, food security, biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation and adaptation by planting 1.5 billion trees covering about 1.5 million hectares of idle, denuded and other suitable lands of the public domain in the country.
Also present during the MOA signing are: Regional Technical Director for Forestry Lourdes Wagan, Forest Resources Development Division Chief Alfredo Zarasate, Head Executive Assistant Maureen Reyes and some SM personnel. [Bing Cordova/DENR 11]
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