Brief Description

• Community Organization
• Project development and implementation
• Environmental rehabilitation (tree planting)

Indicator

• No. of meetings conducted
• No. of project proposals and plans formulated
• No. of project conceptualized and implemented
• No. of seedlings planted

Accomplishments

• A total of 20 meetings had been facilitated with the concerned informal sector group who had availed the program on Community-based Bio-Waste Composting Project in Sto. Niño, Tacloban City.
• The City ENRO had drafted, prepared and finalized eight (8) project proposals and plans.
  • Proposals:
    • Mangrove Development Project – submitted to NEDA for foreign funding
    • Fuel Wood Plantation Project – submitted to NAPC for funding
    • Bio-Remediation Technology Using Vetiver Grass in polluted soil such as Tacloban City Dumpsite
    • Bio-waste Composting Pilot Project (Market Bio-waste)
  • Plans:
    • Tigbao-Diit Watershed Management (Final Plan)
    • 10-year Tacloban Solid Waste Management Plan (Final Plan)
    • State of Environmental Report (SoER) of Tacloban City (Final Report)
    • Coastal Resource Management Plan (Draft)
• Two (2) major projects implemented, to wit:
  • Eco-Bulilit Savers Club Project.
    • Three (3) public elementary schools had participated and supported the project
    • To date, an amount of PhP3,632.60 had been generated by the project.
  • Bio-Waste Composting Project
    • Bio-waste composting facility is on-going at Brgy. Abucay.
    • Five (5) huge compost boxes (5 m x 3 m x 1) had been piled-up with shredded bio-waste materials from the market, (about 190 tons of bio-waste materials were diverted and converted into useful resources (soil enhancer).
    • Additional job has been created through the employment of five (5) additional Job Order (JO) employees residing in the vicinity.
• 800 seedlings of various fruit and forest tree species planted in respective areas;
  • Brgy. Palanog: 500 Mahogany seedlings
  • New Abucay Bus Terminal: 300 Langka seedlings were planted however, due to unpredicted harsh weather conditions, only 60% survived. Thus, replanting of 116 seedlings had been conducted to replace the vacant hills/spots.

Impacts

• Promotion of ecological balance