The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading a bill requiring graduating senior high school and college students to plant two trees each.
This developed as Rep. Rufus Rodriguez of Cagayan de Oro City welcomed the passage of his House Bill 6931 that was consolidated with 5 other bills authored by Reps.Manuel Cabochan lll of Magdalo, Joel Mayo Almario of Davao Oriental, Tyrone Agabas of Pangasinan, Mark Go of Baguio City, and Bro. Eddie Villanueva and Domingo Rivera of CIBAC.
Rodriguez said graduating high school and college students would be required to plant trees “as a civic duty for environment protection and preservation.”
He said the country is fast losing its forest cover and habitat of flora and fauna due to agricultural practices, illegal logging, large-scale mining, population growth, and conversion of land into residential, commercial or industrial development. Maricel V. Cruz
“We are among the world’s mega diverse countries but we are also among among the biodiversity hotspots,” said Rodriguez, chairman of the House committee constitutional amendments.
