GNPower Mariveles Energy Center Ltd. Co continues mangrove adoption project.
To carry on with its commitment to sustainable development and address climate change, GNPower Mariveles Energy Center Ltd. Co (GMEC) continued its Mangrove Adoption and Protection Project in Orani, Bataan with a mangrove planting activity held at Tubo-Tubo, Sitio Pulo last November 17.
Around 70 volunteers, including twenty-eight GMEC employees together with seven PGENRO, and thirty-five Tubo-Tubo fisherfolks, planted 500 mangrove seedlings and 500 mangrove propagules in the company’s five-hectare adopted area in the barangay.
In June of this year, GMEC signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Provincial Government of Bataan, Municipality of Orani, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), and Tubo-Tubo Fisherfolks Association for the establishment of the Baka1Bataan mangrove adoption and protection initiative.
The project, worth P6.8 million, has a duration of five years with an option for an extension. It is part of GMEC’s flagship environmental program called P.R.O.G.R.E.S.S., under the “P” or Protect marine life arm. P.R.O.G.R.E.S.S. stands for Protect marine life, Reforest Land, Optimize wealth from waste, Generate livelihood skills and income, Rehabilitate social infrastructure, Elevate educational opportunities, Safeguard quality health access, and Strengthen disaster resiliency.
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