The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) on Monday said the issuance of a permit to Vista Residences Inc. to cut down 53 Benguet pine trees and one Norfolk fir tree in its property in Baguio City was done in an open and
DENR Regional Director in the Cordillera Administrative Region Ralph Pablo assured that the Villar-led property developer had met all the requirements for a special private land timber permit , including endorsements from concerned local government units. It had passed the most rigid scrutiny before it was granted a permit to specifically cut the 54 trees at Barangay Outlook Drive, he said.
Records show that Vista Residences was issued an ECC in 2017 and secured its barangay and mayor clearances in September and October 2018, respectively. Pablo explained that the SPLTP clearly stipulated that with each felled tree, it must be replaced with 100 Benguet pine tree seedlings, for a total of 5,400 seedlings.
Vista Residences had already turned over 5,400 tree seedlings to the city’s Community Environment and Natural Resources Office.
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