OceanaGold 2010 PMIEA Entry Environment

OceanaGold Phils Inc. (Didipio Gold Copper Project) participated in the yearly worldwide celebration of Earth Day during the month of April. OceanaGold conducted tree planting, film showing and other environmental related activities.

For this year, the company celebrated the Earth Day through a film showing entitled "The Inconvenient Truth" that won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in the United States. This film is about former United States Vice President Al Gore's campaign to educate citizens about global warming via a comprehensive slide show.

In this movie, Gore discusses the scientific opinion on climate change, the present and future effects of global warming and stresses that climate change is really not a political issue, so much as a moral one, describing the consequences he believes global climate change will produce if the amount of human-generated greenhouse gases is not significantly reduced in the very near future. The film also includes segments intended to refute critics who say that Global Warming is unproven or that warming will be insignificant.

Environment Month

The Environment Month Celebration activities was held at the Community Hall last June 30, 2010 in partnership with the Didipio Green Valley Institute.

The program started with an opening prayer led by Simeon Ananayo, followed by the singing of the Pambansang Awit led by Krizel Bajita, a fourth year student of DGVI. The program was formally opened by Madam Luz Dulnuan, a faculty member of DGVI. In her opening remarks she explained the purpose of this celebration the meaning of the theme which is "Biodiversity - Ecosystem Management and the Green Economy."

Before the contest proper began, Estrelita Malanta, introduced the board of judges for the jingle singing contest. There were three (3) board of judges namely; Kgd. Jury Baguilat, Engr Dante Garcia of OGPI and Ferdeliza Linagga, DCDAI Program Manager. A total of 80 participants divided into four (4) groups competed in the jingle singing contest.

Submit Express Inc.Search Engine Optimization

Oceanagold’s Didipio Reforestation, Forest Protection, Maintenance, Rehabilitation and Revegetation won an award

OGPI has continued to maintain its central nursery at the foot of the accommodation hill. Seedling inventory as of end of the year 2009 is 25,162.

OGPI, through its Sustainability Department has donated seedlings of different species to community individuals, schools, visitors, people’s organizations, adjacent Barangays and Region. There were 13,886 seedlings donated for the year.

Seedling species inventory for the year 2009 include Gmelina, Mahogany, Narra, Rain tree, Tuai, Mayapis, Kamagong, Tanguile, Ballongay, Maasim, Malabato, Duclitan, Rambutan, Mango, Tiesa, Bahag, Pomelo, Caimito

At the start of the year the total inventory was 48,933, an additional 1,028 was raised, 5,320 was planted, 13,886 was donated. At the end of the year there were 25,162 trees in the inventory.

Establishment of new plantations was quite a challenge for 2009 as available areas for reforestation within the project site have been immensely reduced by aggressive reforestations efforts in the last two years.

The company earned the Best Mining Forest award for accomplishments in 2008 and early 2009 from the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources and Mins and Geosciences Bureau and the Philippine Mine Safety and Environment Association.

Creative initiatives were undertaken by drawing partnerships with local government units and people’s organizations in nearby communities in reforestation activities.

A memorandum of agreement was drawn with the Tucod Kiphodan Multi-Purpose Cooperative (TKMPC), a People’s Organization based in Tucod, Cabbaroguis, Quirino, engaged in reforestation under the Upland Development Program. Under this agreement, OGPI provided seedlings of various forest tree species which were used in the establishment of forest tree plantations by the members of TKMPC. Approximate area planted by this group using seedlings provided by the company is 8 has.

For 2009, the total area planted by the company within the project site is 6.42 hectares. This includes road side and enhancement planting adjacent to previously established plantations. An approximate area of 13 has. was established by the various recipients of seedlings provided by the company.

OceanaGold conducted Earth Balling of Trees in 2009. A total of 136 trees were earth balled with a 98.4% survival.

The continuing forest protection activities implemented by the security team have significantly reduced the incidents of timber poaching and illegal transport of undocumented forest products. This was observed after a formal case was filed against one of the perpetrators.




Search Engine Optimization and SEO Tools