By Claro A. Lanipa
The training aims to equip People’s Organizations (POs)
and extension officers of DENR on forest fire control and pest management in preparation
for their farm land and the importance of fire management in Community-Based
Forest Management (CBFM) areas.
In his message during the opening program, Regional
Executive Director Arleigh Adorable said “this is a new training, in the sense
that it is integrated with a subject on pest management.”
“We have been conducting trainings on fire control through the years, this time we wanted to tap the PO’s to partner with us in controlling fire,” Adorable said.
“We are partnering with the PO’s in addressing this
problem, one reason is that you are in the area and we hope through you we will
know what is happening in your respective places and you can also talk to the
people in the upland to avoid unnecessary burning,” he pointed out.
Adorable urged the participants to open and instill in
their minds the things discussed in the training and practice it by heart when
they go back to their respective areas.
“Let us join
hands in helping our government in addressing climate change and other
livelihood programs,” he said.
“We will be effective in this venture, because in unity
there is strength,” Adorable concluded.
More than 30 PO’s and extension officers from CENRO
Dapitan and Dipolog Cities, Liloy and Siocon representing first batch attended
the training.
The same training is set on July 3-4 and July 10-12,
2013 for CENROs of Zamboanga del Sur including Buug and CENRO’s East and West
in Zamboanga City and Ipil, respectively. (PIA9)