BPI Foundation recently launched “Lakbay Luntian — Visayas,” a project under its Balik-Kalikasan program which targets to reforest 171 hectares of 136,800 upland trees in Dumanjug, Cebu.
Aligned with BPI’s sustainability efforts, this reforestation project, in partnership with Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc., aims to preserve and restore rainforests across the country while equipping local communities with sustainable alternative livelihood.
Dumanjug in Cebu, according to Global Forest Watch–an initiative of the World Resources Institute–in 2010, had 632 hectares of natural forest, extending over 25 percent of its land
area. In 2021, it was reported that it lost 909 million hectares of natural forest, equivalent to 516 tons of carbon dioxide emissions.
Interested donors may participate by sponsoring seedlings in just a few taps via BPI eDonate until Aug. 22, 2023.
