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Tuesday, May 8, 2012

DENR-Zambo. Norte spearheads Ocean Month celebration


by Franklin P. Gumapon

DIPOLOG CITY, May 8 (PIA) - - As the entire nation is presently celebrating the whole month of May as Ocean Month, the provincial office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Zamboanga del Norte has lined up certain activities to highlight the event.

Among the activities to be undertaken during the month-long celebration include coastal cleanup, scubasurero (picking up of underwater rubbish) and mangrove tree planting.

DENR personnel together with the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and volunteer organizations such as the Philippine Coast Guard Auxiliary (PCGA) will hold a coastal cleanup and scubasurero in Dapitan City tomorrow.

A team from DENR-IX headed by Regional Executive Director Arleigh J. Adorable is also coming to attend the cleanup activities in Dapitan and to facilitate the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the DENR and PCG. Both agencies shall agree to sustain environmental protection through regular coastal cleanup activity.

This year’s Ocean Month observance has for its theme: “Buhay Dagat, Buhay Natin” (Ocean life, our life). (FPG/PIA-Zamboanga del Norte)