Parents Should Plant 2 Seedlings For Every New Birth
By Tokz
@ilocosboy (45156)
Philippines
January 23, 2019 11:32pm CST
The bill which is at the final stage to be approved as law is to require every parents to plant 2 seedlings of trees for every child they have.
They cannot fulfill the birth certificate of their children unless they do the planting as pre-requisite to the birth registration of their child.
It should be planted in their chosen are or if none, the village officials can suggest tothem.
The main purpose is the regreening program of of the government to combat the global warming.
Aside from this bill, its also in the Congress the bill mandating students to plant not less than 10 seedlings when they will graduate in elementary, high school and college.
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13 responses
@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
24 Jan 19
There used to be a requirement for graduation during the Marcos years the planting of 10 tree seedlings if I remember it right.
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
24 Jan 19
@ilocosboy Probably :) Different adminstrations, different policies :)
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@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
24 Jan 19
That is a good idea but I think the problem is really the implementation of that project. It can be a source of corruption as parents who may not be willing may just bribe the officials who handles to monitor this. With the enormity of people giving birth everyday there is plenty of opportunity for them to make money out of this.
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
24 Jan 19
Yes it could be the source of another way of corruption, lets just hope there will be someone to monitor the program.
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@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
24 Jan 19
@ilocosboy Yeah I think that the person that should be heading this project woudl strictly implement the law to the dot.
@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
24 Jan 19
I agree, the mission is good but we need a clearer vision.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
24 Jan 19
@ilocosboy Something has to be done by the government. When people are hesitant then have to impose rules on them.
@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
25 Jan 19
The political will is important to enforce the law.
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
24 Jan 19
Force to plant for the betterment of the future. Yes this is a good move from the government.
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
25 Jan 19
Yes very good move indeed.
Yearly there's tree planting here. The problem I see is the maintenance.
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
24 Jan 19
Yes and the name can also be name after the tree. Now I realize this is a very brilliant move.
@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
24 Jan 19
Its a good idea I reckon.
That will help to boost the tree population and we need them too.
@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
25 Jan 19
@ilocosboy
For me its a great idea and would take the load off the trees that are right by the traffic and are getting sick with all the pollution the poor things their bark keeps falling off sometimes but then they seem to get better in time.
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
24 Jan 19
Very nice idea and program especially when the planted seedlings will be taken care of.
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
24 Jan 19
If this becomes a global program of the countries the population of the trees will drastically multiply and the problem in climate change will be answered.
@JudyEv (340102)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jan 19
That is a very novel but good idea. I'm a bit surprised it is becoming a law.
@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
25 Jan 19
Yeah, they enact it into law. They want strong implementation of the program
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
24 Jan 19
It is a good proposal; but they should include the caring of the seedlings until it fully grows so the effort of planting would not be wasted. And they should plant native trees; indigenous ones.
@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
24 Jan 19
I'm amenable to this suggestion. Some tree planting become a failure because no one take good care of the newly planted seedlings and in reault it wither and die. So many seedlings planted that just die.
