Environment Office eyes 40-ha timberland reforestation in T’boli
As part of their Community-based Upland and Natural Resources Management Program, the Provincial Environment Management Office – Forest and Inland Water Division (PEMO – FIWD) plans to reforest 40 hectares of timberland area at Barangay Talcon in the municipality of T’boli. PEMO – FIWD chief Forester Mary Jane Manlisis disclosed that the estimated cost […]
PEMO targets 15-km riverbank for riparian zone re-vegetation
Fifteen kilometers of riverbank for riparian zone re-vegetation (RZR) is being eyed this year by the Provincial Environment Management Office (PEMO), a senior PEMO official disclosed. Forester Mary Jane Manlisis, PEMO’s Forest and Inland Water Division (FIWD) chief said that the targeted area for RZR is Safali River that covers 14.78 kilometers of river […]
South Cot tourists arrival soar to 130K in 2013
Tourists visiting the province of South Cotabato reached 130,813 in 2013, the Provincial Tourism Office disclosed recently. Tourism Officer Anna Liza Mondejar said that the province’s last year visitors accounted to 130,505 domestic tourists while foreign tourists numbered 308. “The figures showed a great leap in tourists’ arrival in the province with only […]
