๐๐๐- ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ญ๐๐๐งโ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐
NPCโs Upper Agno River Watershed Area team has recently joined the Sangguniang Kabataan of Catlubong in Buguias, Benguet in a tree-planting activity in three sitios of the village.
The activity aimed to solicit the participation of youth/learners in promoting watershed protection and involve them in protecting the remaining forest covers of Catlubong and of the municipality of Buguias.
The participants also cleaned and picked up trash in the surrounding areas of the spring.
After the planting, participants gathered at the barangay hall for a short information and education campaign and discussion. SK Chairperson Jermias Pilay stressed among his colleagues the important role of youth in forest preservation. Likewise, UARWAT shared the ill effects of destroying the communityโs source of water and initiated a discussion on ways how to conserve forests and watersheds. The team also commended the initiative of SK Catlubong to care for the environment.
The Upper Agno River Watershed supports the private sector-operated Ambukalo and Binga Hydroelectric Power Plants in Benguet, and the San Roque Hydroelectric Power Plant in Pangasinan. It is one of the 11 watershed reservations under NPC management