BAGUIO CITY — The city’s foresters and environmental groups are drawing up plans for the management of a 1-hectare pocket forest, which Baguio children have asked President Rodrigo Duterte to spare from developers. Home to birdsCervantes said city foresters tried to contain the infestation by cutting and burning down infected trees in 2014 when their help was sought by the GSIS. ADVERTISEMENTAround 24 bird species, like warblers, thrushes and the brown shrike, as well as grassland animals, are found in the tree park, according to the UP team. But it failed to work out a deal with the GSIS, which was willing to sell the tree park for P400 million in 2016, and again for P670 million in November 2017. Mayor Mauricio Domogan last month said the GSIS was no longer willing to sell the property.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer February 11, 2019 21:11 UTC