ALAMINOS CITY—Every citizen must help address global warming.

Thus said Mayor Hernani Braganza during the celebration of the Philippine Arbor Day here last Monday where he called on all residents to face and deal with the grim reality of global warming.

“Anywhere in the world, global warming is now a reality,” he told more than 500 city government employees, barangay officials, heads of various government agencies and students.

Braganza cited no less than former U.S. Vice President Al Gore for leading the   worldwide effort to fight global warming.

Like Gore, the mayor firmly believes that there’s still hope in saving Mother Earth.

“It’s high time that, together, citizens of the world must act now before it’s too late,” said Braganza.

Echoing Gore’s mantra, he said “We live in just one planet. We all breathe the same air and drink the same water. Whatever we do here in Alaminos could also affect other places in the world. In our city, we started planting trees and protected our environment and natural resources.

And we must keep on planting more (trees) to caution the impact of climate change that we have already seen and experienced such as the extreme weather conditions like many strong   typhoons, longer dry spells and inundations,” he added.

The Mayor earlier led the distribution of an initial of 6,000 mahogany seedlings to the city’s 39 barangays. Rakes and shovels were also given to the leaders of the city’s ten coastal communities.

City Agriculturist Ernesto De Leon said the seedlings will replace the trees that were uprooted or destroyed by recent Typhoon Cosme.

The city now has a plant nursery at the Adopt-A-Mountain Project site, a 16-hectare city government-managed and protected Tree Park.

De Leon said the city has a program involving the communities in planting of more fruit bearing and forest trees. —LM

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