‘Genuine public-private collaboration essential in reforestation’s success’
The country’s forest cover increased by 5.65 percent as a result of the massive reforestation program of the government, according to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).
Birds, the ultimate tree farmers
Originally published by BusinessMirror Considered the ultimate tree-planters along with bats, birds need trees to perch on, to rest—sing and dance to find a mate—and a nest to build on and lay their eggs and start a family. With trees around them, so are the fruits to feed on and seeds to plant wherever they go—even […]
Energy Development Corporation rescues 17 endangered native tree species in Ilocos Norte and Palawan
Originally published by INQUIRER.net Written by: Kenneth M. del Rosario Saving the country’s native trees from extinction is a tall order, but one that needs to be taken seriously, with no further delay, and with full commitment, if stakeholders are to succeed. It becomes an even more urgent situation knowing that about 47 percent of […]
EDC, AFoCO, and FMB lead private-public efforts in BacMan regreening project
In a significant step toward forest restoration and sustainable management, the Energy Development Corporation (EDC), a leading renewable energy company under First Gen, joined hands with the Asian Forest Cooperation Organization (AFoCO) and the Forest Management Bureau (FMB) to begin work on the project titled: Forest Restoration Using Philippine Threatened and Endemic Tree Species (PTES) […]
Oscar M. Lopez, 93
It is with great sorrow that we at First Philippine Holdings Group announce the passing Saturday, 22 April 2023, of our former Chairman Emeritus Oscar M. Lopez. He was 93. OML, as he was known to us, led FPH through its expansion into power generation, industrial estates, construction, and other fields. But his conviction that […]
EDC inaugurates biggest BINHI Vegetative Material Reproduction Nursery in Bicol
First Gen-owned geothermal power leader Energy Development Corporation (EDC) launched on Friday its one-hectare Vegetative Materials Reproduction (VMR) facility located at the heart of its Bacon-Manito (Bacman) Geothermal Project in Manito, Albay. The facility is EDC BINHI’s sixth automated nursery that propagates endangered native trees recovered from various places across the country. It will provide […]
EDC launches 5th VMR in Leyte
TONGONAN, LEYTE – First Gen-owned renewable energy leader Energy Development Corporation (EDC) is unveiling its fifth BINHI Vegetative Materials Reproduction (VMR) Nursery today – a corporate social responsibility initiative that seeks to elevate the environment and propagate the most vulnerable Philippine native trees in the region. BINHI is EDC’s landmark 15-year-old greening legacy program that […]
EDC Biodiversity Team rescues an endangered Philippine Deer in Ormoc
The biodiversity team of EDC BINHI came to the rescue of an endangered male Philippine Deer (Rusa marianna) that was found suffering from several wounds and broken antlers caused by illegal hunting methods in the forests of Kananga, Leyte last November 8, 2022. Roy D. Dalaguit, a member of the Tongonan Farmers Association and a […]
Our native trees, our heritage
Members of the Baguio City Council are stepping up deliberations to protect some of the city’s century-old trees and other tree species that are deemed important due to their ecological, historical or cultural value as “heritage” trees. They include rare trees or those adjacent to water source, spring or well, and whose cutting or destruction […]
EDC celebrates environment month, vies for a greener Philippines
Lopez-led geothermal power leader Energy Development Corporation (EDC) eyes a greener Philippines, through its banner environment program BINHI, as it enjoined the month-long celebration of the Philippine Environment Month last June. Despite the pandemic hampering physical activities to commemorate this important event, EDC finds ways to celebrate the environment month and further increase awareness on […]
