SMC, govt join to protect NCR's last old mangrove forest

TOGETHER with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the local government of Navotas, SMC continued to tap more volunteers from its own workforce to scale up efforts to clean and protect Isla Pulo, home to the remaining old-growth mangrove forest in the National Capital Region (NCR).

Holding weekly cleanup activities since October, SMC has, so far, mobilized some 80 volunteers, consisting of employees; residents from Barangay Tanza 1; and personnel from the local government of Navotas, the Philippine National Police in Navotas, the 51st Engineers Brigade of the Philippine Army, and the DENR.