Iloilo City Eyes ‘Tree Park’
More than a week before the new local officials assume their post, the city government’s incoming mayor has already relayed his intent to establish a "Tree Park" and to conduct a citywide tree planting activity. Head of the City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO), Noel Hechanova, said in an interview that one of his assignments from incoming mayor Jerry P. Treñas is to establish a “Tree Park”. However, except for mangroves, Iloilo City has no forest. “If we have a place where we can plant trees, then the place could create its own ecology. Then the public has a…
