Protect the Eagles! 6-M Members Of Eagles Urged To Plant 3-B Trees

In General Santos City last night, I challenged the officers and members of the Fraternal Order of the Eagles, an organization which counts about 6-million members, to help protect the Philippine Eagle by planting trees and protecting the remaining habitat of the national bird.

It was the third time that I attended a huge gathering of the officers and members of the Eagles, an organization which I had joined when I was first invited as guest of honor and speaker during the chartering of the Metro Valencia Eagles Club in Valencia City Bukidnon late last year.

The Philippine-born fraternal order has actually grown by leaps and bounds over the years with its membership now numbering 6-million composed mainly of professionals, public servants and leaders of the communities.

Last night, I asked the members of the different chapters belonging to the Central Mindanao Region under Eagle Eddie Delima what had they done or contributed to the protection of the Eagle which symbolizes the fraternity.

I warned the members and officers that unless an immediate and concerted effort is done the remaining 6% of the national forests of the country, the habitat of the Philippine Eagle, could be gone in the next few years.

Not only would it lead to the extinction of the Philippine Eagles but also threaten the food security of the country.

Then, I asked the National President of the Regional Governors, Eagle Larry Franco, to submit to the fraternity’s national leadership my proposal for the Philippine Eagles to support my Green Philippines Advocacy.

I proposed a 5-year program to be led by the Fraternal Order of the Eagles where every one of the 6 million members would be obligated to plant 100 bamboo, fruit trees or native trees every year.

That would mean 600-million bamboos and trees planted and nurtured every year which in five years would total 3-billion.

I said that this would make the Fraternal Order of the Eagles as the first organization in the country to lead the Greening of the Philippines.

This proposal which I presented during the message I delivered as guest of honor was received enthusiastically by the Eagles members who gathered last night at the Green Leaf Hotel in General Santos City.

The National President of the League of Governors promised to take up my proposal with the national leadership immediately.

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