Haribon seeks measures to prevent grass fires

Haribon Foundation is pushing for measures to prevent a repeat of the grass fires that scorched the Forests for Life Movement’s (FFL) restoration sites in parts of Laguna and Rizal provinces.

The grass fires occurred in the last week of April and affected FFL’s project sites in Mounts Banahaw-San Cristobal Protected Landscape in Barangay Bukal, Nagcarlan; Barangay San Cristobal, San Pablo, Laguna; and in the Yes City in the lands owned by the Rizal government in Barangay San Andres, Tanay, Rizal. The grass fires destroyed more than 22,000 native trees covering a total of 17 hectares.