By Connie Calipay LEGAZPI CITY – The provincial government of Sorsogon has planted and nurtured more than one million trees across the province over one year under its “Kalikasan” program to help fight climate change. Salvador Mendoza, Sorsogon provincial information office head, said the province surpassed its target to plant one million seedlings from May 15,…
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin “Benhur” Abalos has highlighted the importance of the support by local government units (LGUs) in Saturday’s Earth Hour observance which he fully supported.; “Let us unite with the rest of the world in caring for our one and only home, Mother Earth. The simple act of turning off your…
The United Nations Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved a US$26.3-million grant to the Adapting Philippine Agriculture to Climate Change (APACC) to help increase the resilience of vulnerable rural areas and transform the country’s agriculture sector towards climate resilience. The APA project is a submission by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), with the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical…
