Pangasinan to become home to the PHL Eagle
SOME 500 hectares of watershed areas near the San Roque dam in San Manuel town is set to be planted beginning July 7 as part of the National Greening Program (NGP) and to provide habitat for the Philippine Eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi).
The tree planting will be a five-year program that will be spearheaded by the San Roque Power Corporation (SRPC) along with the National Power Corporation and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).
Tommy Valdez, SRPC vice president for corporate social responsibilities, said the target is to make the area habitable for the Philippine Eagle, also known as Monkey-eating Eagle, within four years.
Valdez said the SRPC has already negotiated with the Philippine Eagle Foundation Inc. in Davao City for the transfer of some Philippine Eagles into the forests near San Roque Dam.
“We are aiming not only to protect the forest but also to preserve and protect our Philippine Eagle,” he said.
DENR Secretary Ramon Paje and more than 1,000 volunteers are expected to participate in the July 7 launching event which was originally scheduled June 26 but postponed due to the heavy rains brought by storm Falcon.
The tree-planting program will be launched in coordination with the Department of Education, Armed Forces of the Philippines, the municipalities of San Manuel and San Nicolas, Pangasinan, and Itogon, Benguet.
At the same time, an information drive will be launched in the area where rampant slash-and-burn farming is being practiced by local communities.
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