The Forest Management Bureau (FMB) together with United States Agency for International Development-Sustainable Interventions for Biodiversity, Ocean, and Landscapes (USAID-SIBOL) conducted pilot testing of the updated version of SMART Mobile App for LAWIN System, the SMART 7, at CENRO Sta. Cruz, Laguna in the CALABARZON Region.
 
The pilot testing provided hands-on training on handling of SMART accounts from SMART 6.1 to SMART 7 and the use of SMART 7 Mobile for Forest Conservation Areas (FCAs). It is also a great venue to know and address the technical concerns on the implementation of LAWIN System and the use of the SMART 7 Mobile App.
 
LAWIN is a forest and biodiversity protection system that integrates forest, biodiversity and threats monitoring, implementation of interventions to address threats and monitoring of the response of the forest ecosystem to these management interventions as per Joint FMB-BMB Technical Bulletin No. 2016-01.
 
CENRO Venerando U. Garcia expressed his gratitude for choosing CENRO Sta. Cruz as the pilot site in the CALABARZON Region. DENR CENRO Sta. Cruz has intensified its advocacy in raising environmental awareness and is relentless in undertaking law enforcement and forest protection activities.
 
For the continuous forest protection, patrolling of Forest Rangers and Forest Protection Officers with the use of Landscape and Wildlife Indicator (LAWIN) application is being sustained throughout the 5,735 hectares of forest land covering the municipalities of Sta. Maria, Siniloan, Famy, Pangil, Paete, Majayjay, Liliw, Nagcarlan, Rizal, and the City of San Pablo.###
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Published: 12 January 2024