Nat Re volunteers conduct fifth annual tree planting activity

 

SINILOAN, Laguna – Volunteers from the National Reinsurance Corporation of the Philippines (Nat Re) planted more than 600 native seedlings at the UP Laguna-Quezon Land Grant on 18  August 2023, under a tree planting initiative, titled “Planting Seeds Towards a Sustainable Future”.

More than 600 native seedlings were planted during the said activity, which was conducted in  partnership with Fostering Education & Environment for Development, Inc. (FEED, Inc.). The seedlings, which include Malaruhat pula, Palong maria, Malaruhat puti, and Lawaan, were chosen for their ecological significance in the region, FEED Inc. said in a press release.

In addition, FEED Inc. together with the local community partners planted another 250 native trees such as Akdang, Lipote, and Palong Maria, on behalf of Nat Re last November 13, 2023, reflecting our commitment to environmental sustainability and community well-being.

The planted seedlings, which have a target 85% upwards survival rate, form part of FEED’s “Living Legacy” program which helps offset carbon directly through the air by means of large-scale tree  planting, contributing to the reduction of future carbon emissions in the country by 2030 Philippine national target is 70% emissions reduction).

With this, site maintenance partners for locations such as FEED’s Laguna-Quezon Land Grant are required to report in line with Executive Order No. 193 (Series 2015) as part of “Expanding the Coverage of the National Greening Program” (ENGP), which expanded the coverage of the NGP to cover the country’s remaining unproductive, denuded, and degraded forest lands and extended the program’s implementation period from 2016 to 2028.

Previously, Nat Re had already planted 370 trees in 2019, 500 trees each in 2021 and 2022 – bringing the Company’s total contribution to 2,220 trees planted to-date (with an estimated 95% survival rate).

In addition to the planted seedlings, Nat Re also directly contributed to the FEED Climate Change Action Scholarship Fund, which provides direct scholarship assistance to financially challenged graduate and post-graduate students pursuing studies in agriculture, farming, forestry, fisheries, development, social enterprise, sustainability, and sciences/themes related to work in water, food, and energy security for the Philippines.

Read more at: https://feed.org.ph/media-centre/press-releases-2023/nat-re-commits-another-700-trees-to-sierra-madres/