The Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO) of Negros Occidental has lined up activities for June in celebration of National Environment Month, which highlights the use of natural resources to save the environment.
Acting PENRO Joan Nathaniel Gerangaya said on Tuesday, June 6, that the activities will be held in line with the theme “No to waste: Advancing Circular Economy to #beatplasricpollution”.
The theme aims “to create an economy that could uphold and efficiently utilize our natural resources in the protection of our environment,” he said.
“The cooperative approach is vital in the execution of our ecological roles as humans– that is to maintain a healthy environment and reserve by maximizing the usage of our limited natural resources,” Gerangaya said.
On June 5, PENRO together with the City Environment and Natural Resources Offices in Negros Occidental participated in the simultaneous tree-growing activity to kick off the month-long celebration.
Among the events set for June are tree planting and wildings collection, coral bleaching monitoring, “DalawTuro”, environment quiz bees, coastal cleanup, and checkpoint operations.
Gerangaya also said that continuous Information Education and Communication (IEC) among local communities and partner LGUs to raise awareness on the growing concern about waste and how it can be reduced as part of the preservation and restoration of our biodiversity will also be conducted.
The Philippine Environment Month in June was proclaimed through Proclamation No. 237 signed by then President Corazon C. Aquino on April 4, 1988.
It is in line with the celebration of World Environment Day on June 5.*