Biodiversity Project

June 19, 2015

Hedcor, a wholly-owned subsidiary of AboitizPower, enters into a wildlife inventory and biodiversity assessment project with the University of the Philippines – Mindanao.  The project will be an output report containing a survey of the plants and animals, an evaluation and assessment of the biodiversity, and the effects of Hedcor’s environmental initiatives within Mt Apo Natural Park in Sibulan, Sta Cruz, Davao del Sur.  A five-year biodiversity enhancement action plan will also be outlined in the said area, which is also the home of the 42.5MW Sibulan Hydros and the 14MW Tudaya Hydros. Signing the agreement are (seated from the leftmost) Hedcor’s consultant Dr. Bo Puentespina, Hedcor’s Vice President Rolando Pacquiao, UP Mindanao Chancellor Sylvia Concepcion, with assistant professors Fritzie Camino and Marion John Achondo. Witnessing the signing are Hedcor environmental initiatives officer Junessa Guimalan, UP vice chancellor Antonio Obsioma and instructor Maria Catherine Otero.