A DAVAO City-based environmental group was dismayed over the cutting down of around 200 trees in Lanang, Davao City to make way for the Samal Island-Davao City Connector (SIDC) Project.
A DAVAO City-based environmental group was dismayed over the cutting down of around 200 trees in Lanang, Davao City to make way for the Samal Island-Davao City Connector Project.Atty. Mark Peñalver, executive director of Interfacing Development Interventions for Sustainability , told SunStar Davao on Sunday morning, May 12, 2024, that with the heat index reaching up to 40 to 45 degrees Celsius, “every tree counts.
The legislation covers trees in the city, particularly those that provide shade, cooling, and temperature reduction in their surroundings. He emphasized that with this ordinance, the city should look at whether proper consultations were conducted before trees were cut off.He also lamented the reasoning of some people that it was only right to cut down those trees since those were Mahogany trees anyway and not beneficial to the ecosystem.
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