GROW-A-TREE FOR THE SAN ROQUE WATERSHED
ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY PROGRAMS
GROW-A-TREE FOR THE SAN ROQUE WATERSHED (Support to the National Greening Program)
This project supports the objectives of the National Greening Program by adopting a 500-hectare portion of the San Roque watershed in five-year duration in partnership with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), NPC and San Roque Power Foundation Inc. (SRPFI). The project’s primary components include seedling production, socially-mobilized tree planting activities, plantation establishment and maintenance.
From the date of project inception in 2011, hired planters and about 5,794 volunteer-planters from 27 different agencies participated in the annual tree planting activities and planted a total of 255,409 seedlings in a 510-hectare area within the San Roque Watershed Area with survival rate of 79 percent. The five-year project was completed on August 2015 with annual accomplishment summarized below:
YEAR |
TARGETS |
ACCOMPLISHMENTS |
||
Area (Hectare) |
No. of Seedlings to be Planted |
Area (Hectare) |
No. of Seedlings Planted |
|
Year 1 (CY-2011) |
100* |
50,000 |
100 |
40,000 |
Year 2 (CY-2012) |
100 |
50,000 |
110 |
55,310 |
Year 3 (CY-2013) |
100 |
50,000 |
100 |
54,854 |
Year 4 (CY-2014) |
100 |
50,000 |
100 |
51,650 |
Year 5 (CY-2015) |
100 |
50,000 |
100 |
53,595 |
Total to Date |
410 |
255,409 |
*20% of the 100 hectares (i.e., 20 hectares) were broadcasted with about 50 kilos of Ipil-ipil seeds in 2011.