MAYOR BENG Climaco has pledged to plant 100,000 trees before her term ends and stood firm against any form of mining in Zamboanga and urged lawmakers to pass measures protecting the local watersheds.
“We will plant 100,000 trees before I end my final term as mayor of the city. While I am the mayor, we will remain firm in our stand against mining in the city as we urge our Congressional Representatives (Cesar Jimenez Jr and Mannix Dalipe) to pass measures protecting all of our watersheds and their buffer zones,” said Climaco, an environment advocate.
She said her administration continues to develop and maintain the Zamboanga’s forest at the 19-hectare at Sitio Abong-Abong in Upper Pasonanca where the Climaco Freedom Park is located, and the mangrove forest in Barangays Talon-Talon and Mampang with a total area of 150 hectares.
As part of Zamboanga’s environmental programs and projects, Climaco said the multi-sectoral technical working groups led in the completion of the environmental plans for the sustainable development of the natural resources and its habitats.
She said with technical assistance from United States Agency for International Development (USAID) - Protect Wildlife Project and inputs from other national regulatory agencies, academe and stakeholders, the Office of City Environment and Natural Resources drafted developmental plans and frameworks which include the Management and Development Plans of the Great and Little Santa Cruz Islands Protected Landscape and Seascape and the Pasonanca Natural Park, the Forest Land Use Plan for 2019-2027 and the Zamboanga City Central Mangrove Forest Framework covering Barangays Mampang and Talon-Talon and adjacent barangays that are teeming with mangrove forests to help stabilize the coastline and cushion the impacts of climate change to sustain livelihood and food security in the nearby communities.
Climaco also said the local government has updated the draft management and development plan of priority watersheds under a co-management agreement with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources for the Ayala and Manicahan watersheds and pushed for the completion of Biodiversity Management Framework program for habitat and wildlife management as well as build-up the capacity of the local inter-agencies on law enforcement against wildlife trafficking.
“One of last year’s noteworthy achievements in wildlife management in coordination with the City Tourism Office was at Sirommon Island in Barangay Dita and Barangay Panubigan by setting-up of enclosures at the nesting sites of the endangered species of marine turtle hatchlings against predators and assisted in releasing them to their natural habitat,” Climaco said.
“Similarly, the USAID - Strengthening Urban Resilience for Growth with Equity Project also provided assistance in organizing a multi-sectoral group in the drafting of the Environmental Code of Zamboanga City which aims to promote sustainable development and resiliency with its framework that contained and defined our environmental policies and regulations. It is now undergoing the review and consultation process by the Sangguniang Panlungsod for possible enactment into an ordinance,” she added.
All these accomplishments made Zamboanga City a recipient of the prestigious Green Thumb Award by the Manila Times through its Philippines Top Model Cities, recognizing the local government through Climaco’s leadership that prioritizes the well-being of the environment. (Zamboanga Post)
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“We will plant 100,000 trees before I end my final term as mayor of the city. While I am the mayor, we will remain firm in our stand against mining in the city as we urge our Congressional Representatives (Cesar Jimenez Jr and Mannix Dalipe) to pass measures protecting all of our watersheds and their buffer zones,” said Climaco, an environment advocate.
She said her administration continues to develop and maintain the Zamboanga’s forest at the 19-hectare at Sitio Abong-Abong in Upper Pasonanca where the Climaco Freedom Park is located, and the mangrove forest in Barangays Talon-Talon and Mampang with a total area of 150 hectares.
As part of Zamboanga’s environmental programs and projects, Climaco said the multi-sectoral technical working groups led in the completion of the environmental plans for the sustainable development of the natural resources and its habitats.
Two boys play at a mangrove area in Zamboanga City.
(Zamboanga Post)
She said with technical assistance from United States Agency for International Development (USAID) - Protect Wildlife Project and inputs from other national regulatory agencies, academe and stakeholders, the Office of City Environment and Natural Resources drafted developmental plans and frameworks which include the Management and Development Plans of the Great and Little Santa Cruz Islands Protected Landscape and Seascape and the Pasonanca Natural Park, the Forest Land Use Plan for 2019-2027 and the Zamboanga City Central Mangrove Forest Framework covering Barangays Mampang and Talon-Talon and adjacent barangays that are teeming with mangrove forests to help stabilize the coastline and cushion the impacts of climate change to sustain livelihood and food security in the nearby communities.
Climaco also said the local government has updated the draft management and development plan of priority watersheds under a co-management agreement with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources for the Ayala and Manicahan watersheds and pushed for the completion of Biodiversity Management Framework program for habitat and wildlife management as well as build-up the capacity of the local inter-agencies on law enforcement against wildlife trafficking.
“One of last year’s noteworthy achievements in wildlife management in coordination with the City Tourism Office was at Sirommon Island in Barangay Dita and Barangay Panubigan by setting-up of enclosures at the nesting sites of the endangered species of marine turtle hatchlings against predators and assisted in releasing them to their natural habitat,” Climaco said.
“Similarly, the USAID - Strengthening Urban Resilience for Growth with Equity Project also provided assistance in organizing a multi-sectoral group in the drafting of the Environmental Code of Zamboanga City which aims to promote sustainable development and resiliency with its framework that contained and defined our environmental policies and regulations. It is now undergoing the review and consultation process by the Sangguniang Panlungsod for possible enactment into an ordinance,” she added.
All these accomplishments made Zamboanga City a recipient of the prestigious Green Thumb Award by the Manila Times through its Philippines Top Model Cities, recognizing the local government through Climaco’s leadership that prioritizes the well-being of the environment. (Zamboanga Post)
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