KBP “Oplan Broadcastreeing” plant 500 tree seedlings in Aklan

BY BOY RYAN B. ZABAL

Over 500 acacia seedlings were planted in Barangay Jawili, Tangalan, Aklan in the simultaneous nationwide Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP) Oplan Broadcastreeing on August 15.

                              PHOTO  ALAN PALMA SR.

KBP Aklan chapter chairman Allan Palma Sr. said the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-Aklan headed by PENRO officer Ivene Reyes identified Barangay Jawili as this year’s planting site of Oplan Broadcastreeing.

Palma also expressed his appreciation of government agencies for the all-out support for the green initiatives during the tree planting in Jawili, a coastal town in Tangalan, Aklan, which is vulnerable to the effects of climate change. 

Hundreds of volunteers from KBP member-stations in Aklan, volunteer groups and local government units along with local residents joined hands to fully support the National Greening Program under Executive Order No. 26 of President Benigno Simeon Aquino III. 

The volunteers and participants who joined the Oplan Broadcastreeing were the Philippine Army 12th Infantry Battalion, Seals Rescue Aklan, Philippine Red Cross Aklan Chapter, Kool Earth, Philippine Coast Guard Auxiliary Aklan, MDRRMO Kalibo and Philippine Information Agency.

Other participants were LGU Tangalan, Kalibo and Caticlan Airports Multi-purpose Cooperative, Yes FM Boracay, Love Radio Kalibo, IBC DyRG Kalibo, CBIS Hot FM Kalibo, RMN DyKR, Bombo Radyo Kalibo, Brigada News FM, Energy FM Kalibo and Jawili Barangay Council.

The simultaneous nationwide implementation of the Project is in accordance with a Memorandum of Agreement in April 2011 between the Department of Interior and Local Government and the KBP, which aims to plant 1.5 billion seedlings until 2016.