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GENERAL SANTOS CITY,
Jan. 15 (PNA) -- The city government has allocated around Php2.9 million for
the rehabilitation and “greening” of some 284 hectares of land in parts of the
area.
City Councilor Ramon Milleza
said they are studying a proposed agreement with a tribal non-government
organization for the implementation of the project in seven barangays in the
city.
He said the move is
in line with a request from City Mayor Ronnel Rivera for the issuance of an
authority to facilitate the finalization of the deal with the Indigenous
People’s Alliance Movement (IPAM) of Gensan, Inc.
Under the agreement,
Milleza said the local government will provide the necessary funding for the
project, which will be implemented by IPAM.
“The project will be
implemented under the National Greening Program (NGP) of the city government,”
he said.
It will be a part of
the city’s contributions to the NGP, which aims to plant 1.5 billion tree
seedlings production in 1.5 million hectares of lands in the entire country by
the end of 2016, he said.
The official said the
initiative mainly aims to develop the city’s forestlands; mangrove areas and
protected areas; ancestral domain; civil and military reservations; and, other
urban areas that are covered by the greening plan of the local government.
It will later expand
to inactive and abandoned mine sites, riverbanks, streambanks and other
suitable public lands, he said.
He said the project
will specifically cover identified areas in Barangays Olympog, San Jose,
Bawing, Mabuhay, Upper Labay, Sinawal and Conel.
Milleza said the
initiative is expected to benefit the constituents of the city and boost the
city government’s environmental conservation and protection programs.
He added that it will
also complement with other priority programs of the local government like
poverty reduction and food security.(PNA)
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