PLLENRO urges LGUs to participate in environmental convention

The Philippine League of Local Environment and Natural Resources Officers, Inc. (PLLENRO) will hold its 2014 National Convention with the theme “Building Climate-Resilient Local Government Units.” It will be held on May 7-10, 2014 in Bacolod City.

Local and international resource persons are invited to talk on topic on building resiliency in local government units, their capacity to respond to and recover from any disaster.

During the event, there will also be discussions on efforts to address environmental challenges and sustainability. Sharing of experiences among LGUs on building resilient communities will also be presented. A session on GHG Inventory and Management focusing on entity level inventory to provide PLLENRO members’ capacity in conducting the inventory in their respective LGUs will be discussed.

According to PLLENRO President Danilo Villas, “All provincial, cities and municipal LGUs are encouraged to send their environment officers to participate in this important event. It is through continuous dialog and discussion that we can map out opportunities and eventually think of solutions to environmental challenges.”

For more information, contact the Ms. Prexy Macana via email through pllenro@yahoo.com. You may also text her at 09997703143 and 09063806247. (AIJC)

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