FIELD officers of the Department of the Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) who fail to meet the required 85-percent survival rate of planted tree seedlings contracted to peoples’ organizations (POs) under the Enhanced National Greening Program (E-NGP) would be sacked, Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu has warned.
“I would like to let somebody take the command responsibility for these areas... I will relieve you [of your duty] if you cannot fulfill that. Yes, it’s a tall order. Even if you have to go there at least every two weeks,” Cimatu recently told the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Officers (Penro) and Community Environment and Natural Resources Officers (Cenro) assigned as the department’s plantation managers.
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