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QUEZON CITY - As the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) trains its sights to accelerate the

By ennifer T. antos

protection, preservation and management of the environment, it commends its partners from the private sector, academe, civil society, and other national government agencies for their contributions in the government’s various environmental programs and projects.

At the recently concluded Stakeholders and Partners Forum with the theme “Environmental Partnership for Sustainable Future” held in at the Park Inn by Radisson in Quezon City, these program and project partners were awarded plaques of recognition “for their invaluable support to the programs, projects and activities of the DENR National Capital Region.”

Among those recognized was the Million Trees Foundation, Inc. (MTFI), a non-stoc , non-profit organi ation incorporated on March 16, 2021 whose primary objective is to ensure the sustainability of the Annual Million Trees Challenge (AMTC), a watershed rehabilitation program of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS).

MTFI is the non-government partner organization of MWSS in the implementation of the AMTC. AMTC surpassed its target five illion trees planted in five years he

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MTFI targets to plant 10 million trees more by 2030. It manages the Million Trees Nursery and Eco Learning Center, the center of AMTC programs and initiatives, located inside the La Mesa Watershed compound along President Quirino Highway in Quezon City.

The award was received by MTFI President and Executive Director Melandrew T. Velasco who earlier said that the 10 million more trees target is very doable.

At the forum, DENR Regional Executive Director-NCR Jacqueline A. Caancan, CESO III, presented DENR-NCR’s program for and asked for the continued support of the program partners to