CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — To boost conservation efforts in Aurora province, the
the Department of Environment and Natural Resources held back-to-back groundbreaking ceremonies for the construction of Protected Area Management Offices (PAMO) in the towns of Dinalungan and Dilasag, Aurora.
The facility in Dinalungan will stand on a 210 square-meter portion of 1,123 square-meter Simbahan Talagas Protected Landscape in Sitio Inipit, Barangay Simbahan.
The PAMO in Dilasag will be constructed on a 12,100 square-meter AMRO River Protected Landscape in Barangay Lawang, covering 210 square meters of the lot area.
Provincial environment and natural resources officer Alfredo Collado reported that both facilities are envisioned to serve as functional offices and venues for meetings, training, environmental education activities, and stakeholder engagement initiatives of the DENR.
“Both buildings are expected to enhance the operational capacity of protected area management members and personnel in helping the DENR in carrying out its mandates to protect, conserve, develop, and manage the protected areas in the province of Aurora, particularly our rich biodiversity and forests in the province,” said Collado.
For his part, DENR Region 3 executive director Ralph Pablo emphasized the importance of establishing PAMO within protected areas that enable members to effectively perform their duties and further strengthen on-site management and conservation efforts.
“Once completed, the PAMO buildings will provide a conducive working environment for personnel implementing protected area management activities, including biodiversity conservation, forest protection and law enforcement, wildlife monitoring, environmental education, stakeholder coordination, and community-based conservation initiatives within the protected areas,” Pablo noted.
The groundbreaking ceremonies were attended by Pablo, Collado, Dinalungan Mayor Arvee Vargas, Dilasag Mayor Romner Agustin, Casiguran community head Ariel Mendoza, protected area superintendents, PAMO members and personnel, and various stakeholders. DENR-3
