Mga LGU sa palibot ng Verde Island Passage, Nagkaisa para sa Wastong Pangangalaga Nito
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Nagkakaisa para sa Verde Island Passage. Ipinakita nina (mula kaliwa / harap) Batangas Senior Board Member Rowena Sombrano Africa, kinatawan ni Gov. Dodo Mandanas; Marinduque Board Member Allan Nepomuceno, kinatawan ni Gov. Carmencita Reyes; Romblon Gov. Eduardo Firmalo; Oriental Mindoro Fishery and Coastal Resources Management head Marilyn Alcañices, kinatawan ni Gov. Alfonso Umali, Jr.; at Occidental Mindoro Gov. Mario Gene Mendiola ang tinaguriang napakamakabuluhang Memorandum of Agreement na nilagdaan ng mga Pamahalaang Panlalawigan ng Batangas, Marinduque, Romblon, Oriental Mindoro at Occidental na magtatatag ng Verde Island Passage Marine Protected Area and Law Enforcement Networks. Ginanap ang kasunduan para sa pangangalaga at sustainable management ng “center of the center of marine shorefish biodiversity in the world” sa PonteFino Hotel, Batangas City noong Marso 29, 2017. Vince Altar / Photo: Eric Arellano - Batangas PIO Capitol
March 29, 2017
Nagkakaisa para sa Verde Island Passage. Ipinakita nina (mula kaliwa / harap) Batangas Senior Board Member Rowena Sombrano Africa, kinatawan ni Gov. Dodo Mandanas; Marinduque Board Member Allan Nepomuceno, kinatawan ni Gov. Carmencita Reyes; Romblon Gov. Eduardo Firmalo; Oriental Mindoro Fishery and Coastal Resources Management head Marilyn Alcañices, kinatawan ni Gov. Alfonso Umali, Jr.; at Occidental Mindoro Gov. Mario Gene Mendiola ang tinaguriang napakamakabuluhang Memorandum of Agreement na nilagdaan ng mga Pamahalaang Panlalawigan ng Batangas, Marinduque, Romblon, Oriental Mindoro at Occidental na magtatatag ng Verde Island Passage Marine Protected Area and Law Enforcement Networks. Ginanap ang kasunduan para sa pangangalaga at sustainable management ng “center of the center of marine shorefish biodiversity in the world” sa PonteFino Hotel, Batangas City noong Marso 29, 2017. Vince Altar / Photo: Eric Arellano – Batangas PIO Capitol
Tinaguriang napakamakabuluhan ang Memorandum of Agreement na nilagdaan ng mga Pamahalaang Panlalawigan ng Batangas, Marinduque, Romblon, Oriental Mindoro at Occidental Mindoro na magtatatag ng Verde Island Passage Marine Protected Area and Law Enforcement Networks para sa pangangalaga at sustainable management ng “center of the center of marine shorefish biodiversity in the world.”
Kasama din sa kasunduang pinirmahan sa PonteFino Hotel, Batangas City noong Marso 29, 2017 ang Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), Philippine National Police (PNP) at Philippine Coast Guard (PCG).
Dumalo sa MOA signing sina Occidental Mindoro Gov. Mario Gene Mendiola; Romblon Gov. Eduardo Firmalo; Batangas Senior Board Member Rowena Sombrano Africa, na kinatawan ni Gov. Dodo Mandanas; Marinduque Board Member Allan Nepomuceno, na kinatawan ni Gov. Carmencita Reyes; at Oriental Mindoro Fishery and Coastal Resources Management head Marilyn Alcañices, na kinatawan ni Gov. Alfonso Umali, Jr.
Ang nasabing aktibidad ay proyekto ng SMARTSeas PH, isang nationwide marine-conservation project ng DENR, United Nations Development Program at Global Environment Facility, na isinasakatuparan naman ng Conservation International Philippines Foundation.
Nangako naman ang bawat signatory sa nasabing network agreement na magkakaisa at makikipagtulungan upang masiguro ang wastong pangangalaga ng mahigit isang milyong ektarya na bumubuo sa Verde Island Passage Marine Protected Areas para sa kasalukuyan at mga darating na mga henerasyon.
Kumatawan naman sa kani-kanilang mga ahensya at tanggapan sina First Gen Vice President Ramon Araneta, DENR CALABARZON Regional Director Arcenio Tanchuling, BFAR Region 2 Director Milagros Morales, PNP Chief Superintendent Noel Constantino, Coast Guard Captain Julius Ceasar Lim at Batangas Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Officer Luis Awitan. Vince Altar / Batangas PIO Capitol
