People’s org expands income generating projects

IN line with the implementation of the National Greening Program (NGP) in Mangatarem, Pangasinan, Haribon Foundation, the country’s pioneer environmental organization, signed a memorandum of agreement with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Region I for the NGP seedling stock production.

The people’s organization (PO), Nagkakaisang Mamamayan ng (Brgy.) Catarataraan sa Pangangalaga ng Kalikasan (Nagmacapak), was one of the six organizations tapped by Haribon for the establishment of nurseries and propagation of seedlings in 2013. In the same year, a contract between Haribon and Nagmacapak for the creation of a nursery and propagation of 50,000 forest and high value fruit trees was signed.