Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL YOUTH COMMISSION

9th National Youth Parliament RESOLUTION NO. NYP-09-12-23 Series 2012

A RESOLUTION URGING THE MEMBERS OF THE 9th NATIONAL YOUTH PARLIAMENT TO JOIN IN SOLIDARITY AND SPIRIT WITH THE PEOPLE OF BAGUIO THRU THE INITIATIVE OF THE BROTHERHOOD FOR PEACE ON ITS CRUSADE AND STRUGGLE AGAINST EARTHBALLING AND CUTTING OF ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY TWO (182) TREES FOR SM EXPANSION, AND TEN THOUSAND PINE TREES FOR STRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN CAMP JOHN HAY Sponsored by: Committee on Youth Participation in Civil Society and Governance and Committee on Environment and Climate Change Adaptation WHEREAS, the arrival of the Americans in the early 1900s spurred development in the City. The American Governor Luke E. Wright commissioned Architect Daniel H. Burnham, a prominent Urban Planner to develop a plan for a health resort where the American soldiers and civilian employees could find respite from the sweltering lowland heat; WHEREAS, the City of Baguio is 8 degrees cooler on the average than any place in lowlands. When Manila sweats at 35 degrees centigrade or above, Baguio seldom exceeds 26 degrees centigrade at its warmest; WHEREAS, in the summer month of March, April, May, Baguio lives up to its title as the “Summer Capital of the Philippines” when thousands of visitors from the lowlands and Manila take their annual exodus to the city to cool off. Casual clothing is recommended worn with jackets or sweaters in the late afternoons or evenings; WHEREAS, the city’s main attraction is still its natural bounties of cool climate, panoramic vistas, its pine forests and generally clean environs. Today, it still boasts of 5 forest reserves with a total area of 434.77 hectares. Three of these areas are watersheds that serve as sources of the City’s water supply; WHEREAS, the City’s total land area is only 467.5 hectares (8.1 percent) still have old growths of pine while 1,137.5 hectares (19.8 percent) have production pine stands and 122.5 hectares (2.1 hectares) are brush lands. The remaining area of 4,021.1905 hectares making up 70.0 percent of the total comprises the developed portion; WHEREAS, the remaining pine trees in the city should be protected up to the next coming generations to come; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AS IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED by the Chairperson and members of the 9th National Youth Parliament to approve the resolution urging the members of the 9th National Youth Parliament to join in solidarity and spirit thru the initiative of the Brotherhood for Peace on its crusade and struggle against Earth Balling and cutting of one hundred eighty two (182) trees for SM expansion, and ten thousand pine trees for structural development in Camp John Hay. ADOPTED this 6th day of May 2012 at Naga City. Certified by:

STEPHEN BRYAN Y. BONGCARAS Secretary General Approved by:

PATRIXIA SHERLY D. SANTOS President