Zambo’s future mangrove forest

SOME 800 square meters of open space in Zamboanga City’s coastal village of Mampang have been planted with mangrove propagules and further boosting the ecological security and environment advocacy of the Climaco administration.

Photos released by the OCENR show the participants to the mangrove planting efforts in Barangay Mampang.

Mayor Beng Climaco said the local government - through the Office of the City Environment and Natural Resources - spearheaded the planting efforts in celebration of Earth Day.

Earth Day is an annual event on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. First held on April 22, 1970, it now includes a wide range of events coordinated globally by EarthDay.org including 1 billion people in more than 193 countries, including the Philippines.

Climaco said the Zamboanga City Government Employees Cooperative, JCI-Zamboanga City La Bella and the group called Mi Ciudad de Zamboanga: De aton este, participated in the event. 

The mangrove planting forms part of the local government’s coastal area project in an effort to restore and create more mangrove forests and mitigate the impact of climate change, among others.

Last year, the City Development Council (CDC) headed by Climaco endorsed to the Sangguniang Panlungsod for approval the local government’s management and development plans for watersheds and central mangrove forestlands, and the shelter plan for the next 10 years.

The CDC also gave its imprimatur on the Management Framework Plan of the Central Mangrove Forestlands of Zamboanga covering 2,684.57 hectares in barangays of Rio Hondo, Mariki, Kasanyangan, Tugbungan, Mampang, Talon-Talon and Arena Blanco.

The central mangrove forests represent 51.2% of the 5,243.80 hectares of the total mangrove areas in the city. The plans also seek to address the issues on timber poaching.

The CDC reviewed, adapted and endorsed the Updated Ayala and Manicahan Watershed Management and Development Plans 2020-2030 which was prepared by a technical working group and participated by stakeholders and follows the “ridge to reef” concept and landscape approach.

Ridge to reef approach is a “whole-of-ecosystem” and refers to integrated approaches to freshwater and coastal area management emphasizing the inter-connections between the natural and social systems through coastal watersheds and habitats. (Zamboanga Post)

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