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"In the next ten years, [we envision] Calbiga [to] have become a more livable and prosperous
community," said Calbiga Mayor Melchor Nacario, "where people live decent lives within an
ecologically balanced, protected and safe environment -- being a center for trade and
commerce, and a well-known eco-tourism destination."
It was under his leadership that in 2003 Calbiga was named one of the most livable
communities in the world when it joined the annual Nations in Bloom, a prestigious
international competition endorsed by the United Nations Environment Programme, which
addresses the management of the environment and the enhancement of the quality of life.
Now, Calbiga continues to confront the climate change problem with mitigation policies,
adaptation initiatives, and other proactive countermeasures.
These include maintaining the Samar Island Natural Park (SINP) with its 333,000 hectares of
lowland tropical forests that serve as a sink for carbon sequestration (whereby carbon in the
CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE EXPOSITIONS AND MISSIONS
Golden Shell Pavilion, Roxas Boulevard cor. Sen. Gil J. Puyat Avenue
1300 Pasay City, Philippines
Telephone: (632) 831-2201 to 09
Fax: (632) 832-3965 / 834-0177
E-mail: info@citem.com.ph
URL: www.citem.com.ph; www..dti.gov.ph
atmosphere is removed and deposited in a reservoir e.g., forests); the reforestation of its
watersheds; mangrove rehabilitation; river desiltation and erosion control; sustained advocacy
against mining, illegal fishing and logging; and finally leveraging on its myriad of natural
attractions as potential eco-destinations.
The latter part it sets to accomplish by joining the government-led first Philippine International
Eco-Show (PINES) debuting this August, an international trade event focused on driving up
demand for the country's environmental goods and services, not least of which includes the
promotion of eco-tourism particularly for well-endowed localities.
Putting these destinations on the map for visitors, Mayor Nacario believes, could pave the way
for greater measures to be enacted towards greening the Samar landscape and broadening
the base for environmental advocacy and activism.
"By putting the spotlight on our country's eco-tourism destinations, we attract investment into
our LGUs that will hopefully enable them to be more environmentally responsible and more
driven to protect these gems of nature," said Thelma Dumpit-Murillo, Project Director of
PINES and Deputy Executive Director of the Center for International Trade Expositions and
CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE EXPOSITIONS AND MISSIONS
Golden Shell Pavilion, Roxas Boulevard cor. Sen. Gil J. Puyat Avenue
1300 Pasay City, Philippines
Telephone: (632) 831-2201 to 09
Fax: (632) 832-3965 / 834-0177
E-mail: info@citem.com.ph
URL: www.citem.com.ph; www..dti.gov.ph
Missions (CITEM), an attached agency of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) as well
as organizing body for the show.
"PINES hopes to show that protecting the environment is also a way of protecting our heritage,
which gives us even more pride in what we can offer the world," she added.
Set on August 26-28 at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City, the first Philippine
International Eco Show is staged in cooperation with the United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP), the Philippine Green Building Council (PhilGBC), the Philippine Business
for the Environment (PBE), and the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP). It is also
supported by the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), the American
Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (AmCham), the Haribon Foundation for the
Conservation of Natural Resources, Inc., and the Solid Waste Management Association of the
Philippines (SWAPP).
To learn more about eco-tourism destinations to be featured at the 1st Philippine International
Eco-Show, visit www.pines.com.ph.
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