Ifugao studes plant 7,000 trees

by Vency D. Bulayungan

Lamut, Ifugao (19 December) — In support to the national government’s call on all sectors to plant trees and maintain the environment, 700 students of the Ifugao State University (IFSU) participated in a tree planting held here recently.

Frank Dulawan, coordinator of the Alalay at Gabay na Pamayanan (AAGAPAY) said a total of 7,000 assorted seedlings were planted by the students at barangays Payawan and Mabato-bato. The said seedlings were acquired from the Community environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO).

The activity was also participated by cadets from 205th ARESCOM based here under the leadership of Capt. Ambrosio Dulawan, a team from the 78rh Infantry Battalion and some employees of the municipal government led by Vice Mayor Kenneth Codamon and Jun Inhumang of the Provincial Government.

Johny Martin, Chairman of the Ifugao Shooters Cooperative also briefed the students on the advantages of protecting and maintaining the environment such as tree planting.

AAGAPAY is a broad alliance of organization combining efforts of individual members, national government agencies, NGOs, cooperatives, business sector, political groups and civil society bounded together by a shared vision of a common understanding to commit itself in services to the country and people.

Dulawan said that AAGAPAY is willing to assist any organization that is bound to be elevated as a cooperative and has continuous activities with government agencies. “The AAGAPAY has started to organize associations in some parts of Lamut and Kiangan and will continue to help build more organizations in the province,” Dulawan said.

Organizations that are actively participating in the activities of the AAGAPAY are the HAPROC Cooperative in Barangays Julongan and Maggok in Kiangan and Hungduan, whose members have planted 100,000 coffee seedlings and continue maintaining and protecting them, Dulawan said. (PIA-Ifugao)