SunStar Angeles LGU, group to plant 2,000 trees at watershed area KASUNDUAN PARA SA TUBIG-KANLUNGAN. The Abacan River and Angeles Watershed Advocacy Council, Inc, (Araw-ACI) has recently signed a memorandum of understanding with the KAPANALIG Angeles, Inc, and Kaunlaran sa Kabundukan Kooperatiba (KKK) for the establishment of a nursery at the Angeles Watershed in Sapangbato. In photo are (L-R) ARAW-ACI Executive Dir. Minerva Zamora-Arceo, Araw-ACI President Renato S. Tayag Jr., KKK president Apolinar M. Garcia, and Kapanalig Angeles, Inc., Vice President Rose Aguilar-Datu. (Photo courtesy of Araw-ACI)
+ May 16, 2021 THE Abacan River and Angeles Watershed Advocacy Council, Inc. (Araw-ACI), in cooperation with the Angeles City local government, will plant 2,000 trees and bamboos on June 19 as a kick-off activity for the planting season this year.
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+ January 08, 2021 THE Abacan River and Angeles Watershed Advocacy Council Inc. (Araw-ACI) recently lauded Mayor Carmelo Lazatin Jr. for initiating a strong stand to protect the 560-hectare Sapangbato watershed.
Lazatin earlier asked the Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA) to entrust to the city the management of the former military reservation land so it can be developed into a protected forest park and watershed.
Renato Tayag Jr., president of Araw-ACI, said Lazatin s initiative will strengthen the advocacy for the protection and development of the Sapangbato watershed. Mayor Lazatin s action supporting the advocacy to protect the local water sources and to ensure the sustainable supply of water in Angeles and Metro Clark is indeed commendable. For a decade now, several private sector groups have been planting trees at the Sapangbato watershed and out of the 560 hectares, we were able to cover 100 hectares. But since the area is under BCDA and