Forest guards and military have seized illegally cut lumber
in a joint operation in the upland village
of Villa Corazon in Burauen, Leyte .
The Philippine Army’s 8th Infantry Division public affairs
office reported that army troops under 78th Infantry Battalion, 53rd
Engineering Brigade, Philippine Navy and personnel from the Department of
Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) confiscated 1,398 board feet of Lawaan
lumber on Wednesday.
Prior to the seizure, the DENR had sought the assistance of
military in confiscating the illegally cut lumber. After the operation, lumbers
were transported to a DENR property in at the Government
Center in Palo, Leyte
for custody and proper disposition.
The government is pushing the intensive joint anti-illegal
logging operation in a landslide prone province of Southern Leyte
The accomplishments are results of the Command’s convergence
efforts with various stakeholders throughout Eastern
Visayas where the Army has set focus more on non-traditional role
of assisting other government agencies to enforce laws.
“The 8th Infantry Division (8ID) will continue to support
the DENR in implementing its environmental protection programs because this
will abate the effects of climate change,” said Maj. Gen. Jet B. Velarmino, the
8ID commander.
Through Executive Order No. 23 and Anti-Illegal Logging Task
Force Resolution No. 2012-005, the anti-illegal logging efforts were converted
from civilian operations into an active military operation.
The military takes the lead in the actual anti-illegal
logging operation while the DENR provides personnel and all the necessary
technical assistance during the operation.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=805968
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