Illegal Logging In USAID-Funded Forest
Josephine Roque - All Headline News Contributor Koronadal, Philippines (AHN) -Illegal logs were confiscated from a USAID-funded reforestation area at the foot of Mt. Matutum in Tupi town. Forest guards claimed 121 pieces of illegally cut flitches and round logs. The lumber was identified as Albizza falcatta, a species of wood used in making paper. Jim Sampulna, regional executive director of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Central Mindanao, said he already instructed to send a team from Barangay Kablon to conduct an investigation regarding the presence of illegally cut lumber inside the reforestation area, reports The Philippine Star.
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