MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, Dec. 6 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (DENR-ARMM) launched on Sunday the forest land boundary assessment and delineation (FLBD) project in the region.
The project aims to map areas that can be potential for agroforestry development, delineate our agricultural lands with that of forest lands, and protect our established protected area systems, said DENR-ARMM Secretary Hadji Kahal Q. Kedtag.
He said the FLBD project is in compliance to the constitutional mandate of the DENR to mark on the ground the boundaries between forestland and alienable and disposable lands.
In this way, we can be able to determine the appropriate management interventions and protect our remaining forest cover, Kedtag added.
According to him, the implementation of the project will officially start in Lanao del Sur and will continue in Maguindanao and the island provinces of Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi.
He said the project will be anchored on the theme “Unang Tanda para sa Kagubatan, Simbolo nang Handa, Matatag, Makabago at Makakalikasang Bangsamoro,” highlighting the importance of forest lands in laying down the development roadmap for the upcoming Bangsamoro government.
The ARMM government, through Governor Mujiv Hataman, forged a memorandum of agreement with DENR Secretary Ramon Paje last June 19 for the conduct of forest boundary delineation in the region.
Under the agreement, the DENR committed a financial assistance of P44 million for the project which the ARMM government hopes to complete by mid of 2013
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