The Bohol Chronicle
Environment Secretary Jose “Lito†Atienza has directed Bureau of Forest Management Director Romeo Acosta to implement two proposals presented by Gov. Erico Aumentado and other Bohol leaders in their meeting Wednesday at the former’s office in Diliman, Quezon City.
The first concerns reforestation of seven watersheds or major river basins while the other proposes the joint management by the Protected Area Management Board (PAMB), the local government unit (LGU) of Bilar and the Provincial Tourism Council (PTC) of the Magsaysay Park in Logarita, Riverside, Bilar town.
Aumentado made the announcement during Friday’s edition of The Governor Reports, simulcast over three Bohol radio stations and delayed broadcast over a fourth.
The governor brought along congressmen, Provincial Board (PB) members and the president of the Bohol Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) as he proposed that the government tap the private sector in its reforestation efforts including in idle and barren alienable and disposable (A & D) lands.
Among others, the Philippine Agricultural Land Development and Mill, Inc. (PALM, Inc.) has expressed interest to plant 10,000 hectares more of idle and barren lands to oil palm to enable it to expand the production of its processing plant from palm oil to biofuel as well.
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