'Kalayaan Heights' in San Agustin, Bauan Batangas was recently declared as deforested mountain by the CENRO after series of inspections were made following the decline in foliage and tourism thereat. The once known Kalayaan valleys were havens for camping by tourists and locals, peak for mountaineers and favorite Boys & Girl Scouts of the Philippines jamboree spot.
Local officials blame the exploitation of Kalayaan heights to have greatly affected
'flora and fauna' which led to the decrease in the count of trees as well as reproduction of seedlings for reforestation.
Cenro retracts otherwise by saying that we cannot entirely put the blame on these accounts. About a million of fruit bearing and shady trees were unaccounted for this year passing
El Niño phenomenon and force majure' from 2004 to 2009. Disconcerted significantly was tourism and the local economy of Bauan, focusing on the
"poor tourism earning locals" of San Agustin and nearby barangays.
The loss, CENRO says, could not be finger pointed to anyone,
any human in this case, but on nature's ferocity and environment's reactions to climate changes. The tropical flux in Kalayaan Heights expected evolution before 2011 but came too soon, CENRO added.
The AG&P Company of Manila Foundation, Inc. in cooperation with the Philippine Air Force jointly conducted a
"Save Kalayaan Heights Movement" tree planting operations just recently to augment the declining tourism in Batangas. The move was to bring back the grandeur of San Agustin Kalayaan Heights in the soonest time so that eco-tourism and its exquisiteness return.
500 trees were donated by AG&PFI through the auspices of
Marketing and Information Manager (Community Relation's Manager) Ben S. Aclan to the PAF of Fernando Airbase who planted them through four (4) battalions headed by the following charge officers;
LTC Salathan C. Ypulong PAF, OIC, 3rd AFRCEN
Maj. Arnold R. Bagamaspad PAF, Ex-O, 2Lt.
Marlon M. Senon PAF, Admin Officer
MSg Ignacio H. Gobres Jr. Sgt Major of AFRCEN.
2lt Ramon C. Narte PAFR
MSg Benigno Lopez
TSg Rico M. Maya
SSg Ramil Villavicencio
AIC Ernie T. Malujie
AIC Ronald H. Silva
AIC Hildnest Write Llanes
A1C Renie Manalo
The rehabilitation of Kalayaan heights was also supported by seven (
7) barangay captains of Bauan who expressly showed espousal to the principles of the program and actually helped plant Mahogany trees in
'K' peak.
Brgy Captain of
Manalupang, Mely D. Castillo,
San Agustin, Loreto C. Dimayacyac,
Rizal, William M. Buenviaje,
Sta. Maria, Jose Restie B. Agena,
Durungao, Marciano A. Abante,
Pitugo, Joseph G. Cepillo and
San Roque, Leopoldo R. Salcedo joined AG&PFI and PAF in the actual planting of Mahogany trees in the side of Kalayaan mountains and vouched utmost protection and caring for the trees.
AG&PFI, PAF and the Municipality of Bauan jointly adopted Kalayaan Heights as their sponsored mountain for the next five to ten years from today.
Local officials blame the exploitation of Kalayaan heights to have greatly affected 'flora and fauna' which led to the decrease in the count of trees as well as reproduction of seedlings for reforestation. Cenro retracts otherwise by saying that we cannot entirely put the blame on these accounts. About a million of fruit bearing and shady trees were unaccounted for this year passing El Niño phenomenon and force majure' from 2004 to 2009. Disconcerted significantly was tourism and the local economy of Bauan, focusing on the "poor tourism earning locals" of San Agustin and nearby barangays. 
The loss, CENRO says, could not be finger pointed to anyone, any human in this case, but on nature's ferocity and environment's reactions to climate changes. The tropical flux in Kalayaan Heights expected evolution before 2011 but came too soon, CENRO added.
The AG&P Company of Manila Foundation, Inc. in cooperation with the Philippine Air Force jointly conducted a "Save Kalayaan Heights Movement" tree planting operations just recently to augment the declining tourism in Batangas. The move was to bring back the grandeur of San Agustin Kalayaan Heights in the soonest time so that eco-tourism and its exquisiteness return.
500 trees were donated by AG&PFI through the auspices of Marketing and Information Manager (Community Relation's Manager) Ben S. Aclan to the PAF of Fernando Airbase who planted them through four (4) battalions headed by the following charge officers; 
LTC Salathan C. Ypulong PAF, OIC, 3rd AFRCEN
Maj. Arnold R. Bagamaspad PAF, Ex-O, 2Lt.
Marlon M. Senon PAF, Admin Officer
MSg Ignacio H. Gobres Jr. Sgt Major of AFRCEN.
2lt Ramon C. Narte PAFR
MSg Benigno Lopez
TSg Rico M. Maya
SSg Ramil Villavicencio
AIC Ernie T. Malujie
AIC Ronald H. Silva
AIC Hildnest Write Llanes
A1C Renie Manalo
The rehabilitation of Kalayaan heights was also supported by seven (7) barangay captains of Bauan who expressly showed espousal to the principles of the program and actually helped plant Mahogany trees in 'K' peak.
Brgy Captain of Manalupang, Mely D. Castillo, San Agustin, Loreto C. Dimayacyac, Rizal, William M. Buenviaje, Sta. Maria, Jose Restie B. Agena, Durungao, Marciano A. Abante, Pitugo, Joseph G. Cepillo and San Roque, Leopoldo R. Salcedo joined AG&PFI and PAF in the actual planting of Mahogany trees in the side of Kalayaan mountains and vouched utmost protection and caring for the trees. 
AG&PFI, PAF and the Municipality of Bauan jointly adopted Kalayaan Heights as their sponsored mountain for the next five to ten years from today.
2 comments:
It's nice that AG&PFI do some activities like this in Bauan. Let's save our nature.
Thank you Misa for appreciating AG&PFI. God bless you and your family. Mabuhay!
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