COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES OFFICE

Taytay 5312, Palawan; cenrotaytaypal@yahoo.com.ph

News article as for March 2016

LGU Taytay and El Nido commend CENRO Taytay for

facilitating the first-ever Guided Self-Assessment
R earing for how many
years, Protected Area Wildlife In Taytay, the GSA was
documentators.
assessment for the CRM was
The

and Coastal Zones conducted on March 9, 2016 conducted last March 17,
Management Sector 2016 facilitated by
(PAWCZMS) of EMS I Ana Liza Del
CENRO Taytay Rosario.
facilitated the
conduct of the first The same activity
ever Guided Self- was conducted to
Assessment (GSA) the LGU of El Nido
to the Local on March 29, 2016.
Government Units of It was attended by
Taytay and El Nido. 16 officials from the
These are the target LGU and other
activities for concerned agencies
Monitoring and in the said town.
Evaluation of the Core informants of Forest and Forestlands Management (FFM) during the GSA in El Nido. The participants
implementation of existing were divided into two (2)
Integrated Coastal at Tay Lelong’s Pension sectors: the CRM and FFM
Management (ICM) Plans. House, Bgy. Poblacion, for the assessment. After
The assessment served as Taytay, Palawan. A total of 26 presenting the results of the
venue to bring up some of the personnel from the different two sectors, the attendees
issues affecting the LGU’s divisions of the LGU and answered the questions for
performance with regards to DENR-CENRO participated in the UEM together. The latter
the Coastal Resource the said activity. During the was facilitated by EMS II
Management (CRM), Forest said assessment, the Carolyn A. Esmenda.
and Forestlands Management participants answered the
(FFM), Urban Environment questions together for the The LGUs conveyed their
three (3) sectors: FFM, appreciation to CENRO –
UEM and LIM instead of Taytay for initiating the said
breaking into four (4) activities to discuss such
sectors due to the limited issues with the presence of
participants to represent their fellow servants in the
the CRM. EMS II Carolyn local government and other
A. Esmenda facilitated the offices concerned. CENRO
answering of questions for Cayatoc also expressed his
the three (3) sectors and appreciation to the LGUs’
sought the consensus of active participation and
Management (UEM) and LGU
the attendees while the cooperation in the said
Internal Management (LIM) –
justifications and other initiatives and signified their
the four sectors of the GSA.
remarks were noted by the willingness to extend
necessary technical
assistance particularly on
equipping the stakeholders on
environmental related
knowledge and skills.

(Lucila P. Garagara/ Carolyn A. Esmenda)

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