With forest denudation identified as among the reasons for the devastation wrought by Typhoon “Pablo” in Mindanao, cooperatives on the island embarked on a massive tree-planting campaign last week.
About P3 million worth of hot logs allegedly owned by a politician in Isabela, Basilan were seized by the military near Sarangani Wednesday night.
An estimated 75,353 board feet of confiscated lumber from Sierra Madre have been turned into school chairs and tables to help fill the gap for classroom facilities this school year, a regional official of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said Friday.
