Lopez, QUEZON ― CENRO Calauag personnel attended the 4th Quarter Lalaguna Marshland Development and Management Council (LMDMC) meeting on December 19, 2023, at the Barangay Hall of Lalaguna, Lopez, Quezon to facilitate a discussion on the updating of wetland management plan for Lalaguna Marshland.

Cave and Wetland Focal Person, Forest Technician I, Maria Carel Eloisa V. Talusit and Lopez Municipal Planning Development Coordinator and concurrent Municipal Environment & Natural Resources Officer (MENRO) - Aristedes E. Arias, EnP, facilitated and discussed the process of updating of the management plan.

Afterwards, the council worked on the Political Economic Social Technology Legal Environment (PESTLE) Analysis which will yield reliable data and information for the said updating of management plan.

Further, it was also discussed that an update with the council members will also be conducted since barangay election was recently concluded and some of the barangays that have jurisdiction on Lalaguna Marsh have newly elected barangay chairpersons.

Lastly, the wetland management plan for Lalaguna Marsh will be updated immediately after the gathered sufficient data have been analyzed, reviewed, concurred and approved by the council.###