The Department of Environment and Natural Resources has donated to Task Force Bangon Marawi nearly 871,453 board feet of confiscated illegally cut wood valued at over P43.5 million for use in rehabilitating battle-scarred Marawi City.
“In our drive against illegal logging, DENR was able to donate lumber to help in rebuilding Marawi,” DENR Secretary Roy Cimatu said Wednesday, July 4, at the agency’s 31st-anniversary celebration.
Among the confiscated wood’s possible use are for manufacturing school furniture and repairing school buildings in the city. The DENR had previously donated confiscated wood to the Department of Education for the same purposes.
During the event, Cimatu signed the deed of donation formalizing the turnover of such wood of various tree species. TFBM head and concurrent housing and urban development chief Eduardo del Rosario acknowledged the donation and thanked DENR.
