The City Environment Management Office (CEMO) led the observance of World Wildlife Day thru an awareness symposium yesterday, Mar. 9, at Sipaway National High School Covered Court.
Representatives of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (DENR-CENRO) Cadiz City talked at the symposium attended by 80 junior and senior high school students of said school.
Resource persons Kim Malumay, DENR-CENRO Planning staff; Christopher Rey Atilano, Oscar Molas, and Maecarel Cañoneo, CEMO staff; and Vaughn Alintabo of SacaSol Inc. talked about the Wildlife Conservation and Protection Act of 2001 or RA 9147, Enforcing Total Protection and Conservation of Bird and Wildlife Sanctuary of San Carlos City Sipaway Island or the City Ordinance No. 18-11, the importance of seagrass ecosystem, clean energy for people and wildlife and plastic pollution and its impact to wildlife.
CENRO I Engr. Loreto Sanchez said the World Wildlife Day celebration anchored on the theme: Partnerships for Wildlife Conservation, aimed at raising awareness among the island residents of their role in the conservation process as the concerned ones since Sipaway is home to several wildlife species.