DENR marks Biodiversity Day
With a theme "Protect Biodiversity in Drylands: Achieving the Biodiversity 2010 target", the International Biodiversity Day Celebration of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Region VI visited Bulabog Putian National Park in Dingle, Iloilo.
The observance of the activity seeks to stir awareness of the destruction of human activities and support the commitments of DENR as contracting party to the Convention on Bioligical Diversity. The annual celebration is also an occasion to reflect on our responsibility to safeguard biological diversity for future generations.
In support of the celebration, DENR personnel held a clean up of the Bulabog Putian National Park.
The 847.43 park located in the municipalities of Dingle and San Enrique, Iloilo is home to cave with beautiful formations of stalactites and stalagmites. It has the general topography ranges from gently to moderately rolling terrain with second growth molave and dipterocarp forests.
Dipterocarp forest is dominated by trees of the dipterocarp species: such as red lauaan, tangile, mahogany, apitong and the yakals. The park has springs which supply household needs of the municipalities of Dingle and San Enrique. The park is also home to numerous birds which included the swiftests, starling the coucal and the pigeon and dove species.
As a dryland ecosystem, the Bulabog Putian National Park is home to rich biological resources. Presence of the bountiful species of flora has attracted researchers for possible source of medicinal treatment.
Regional Executive Director Julian D. Amador disclosed that the park is undergoing rehabilitation through a joint effort with the Western Visayas College of Science and Technology for its architectural and development planning. The effort is in line with the thrust of DENR to heighten the participation and commitment of the academe and other sectors of society to conserve and sustain biodiversity.
Celebrating the International Biodiversity in this place is very appropriate to inculcate into the minds of the DENR employees their direct responsibility to lead the community in wildlife and natural resources conservation.
(ehb/RPAO)