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MANILA - The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines has adopted a portion of the Makiling Forest Reserve.
Roger De Lara, NGCP South Luzon pollution control officer, said the company has teamed up with the Makiling Center for Mountain Ecosystems of the University of the Philippines Los Baños, to oversee the programs aimed at protecting, conserving, and developing the MFR.
To kick-off the partnership, employees from NGCP and volunteers from other agencies planted 500 trees in Mt. Makiling on July 20.
“This activity doesn’t stop here. This is just the beginning. NGCP is committed to nurture and to maintain what we have started. We have designed a nurturing program that will be implemented until 2015,” De Lara said.
The Forestry Bureau in 1910 classified Mount Makiling as the country's first forest reserve. MFR occupies over 4,200 hectares in the upper slopes of Mount Makiling.
UPLB manages MFR for its scientific, educational and other values.
NGCP is a privately owned corporation in charge of operating, maintaining, and developing the country’s power grid.
It transmits high-voltage electricity through “power superhighways” that include the interconnected system of transmission lines and towers, substations and related assets.
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