City Information Office (CIO) in its report said, a total of 21,757 trees were planted in the highlands and coastal areas in the city.
CENRO Information Education Campaign Unit Representative Rubylyn Dela Cruz Baraquero said that 1,016 participants from City Government employees and volunteers participated in the green event.
Baraquero said that this year’s Arbor Day was very successful due to the high turn-out of volunteers and government employees participating in the event.
She said her office and several barangays in the city have been regularly conducting tree-planting activities, saying this has been a practice of the city ever since.
Over 21,000 saplings and propagules were planted in the nursery gardens of Barangay Eden in Toril, Barangays Pandaitan and Mabuhay in Paquibato District, and Bunawan.
CENRO also planted mangrove propagules in Sitio Malamboon in Barangay Bucana.
The city-wide tree-planting activity marked the 18th year of the city’s participation in the National Arbor Day, which was institutionalized in the Philippines in 2003 through Proclamation No. 396.
The proclamation was amended in 2004 to include a provision mandating “the active participation of all government agencies, including government-owned and controlled corporations, private sector, schools, civil society groups, and the citizenry in tree planting activity.”
The proclamation also declared protected areas in cities and municipalities as either “forest parks” or “mangrove parks”
The city observes Arbor Day as this secular celebration falls in line with the city’s bid to champion ecological balance, environment protection and sustainability.
The city’s roadside tree-planting and reforestation activities, meanwhile is still ongoing.
In 2021, the CENRO planted 2,130 roadside trees and 29, 851 propagules all over the city.
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