Salceda at the 70th Annual General Assembly of PWPA Members
Manila, Philippines – Congressman Joey Salceda of the Second District of Albay will keynote the 70th Annual General Assembly of PWPA Members on November 26, 2021, at 1:15 PM through Zoom Platform. As a member of Congress and a known economist, he will be sharing his views about Sustainable Forestry as an agent for Economic Recovery and how it can promote inclusive growth in the country.
He will be joined by Foundation for Economic Freedom President Calixto Chikiamco, RI Chem and CTNI President Meneleo Carlos, Jr., ARTIMCO Chairman and former PICOP President, and PWPA Trustee Evaristo Narvaez, Jr. and President of the Philippine Forestry Education Network and UPLB College of Forestry and Natural Resources Dean Marlo Mendoza with NAPOCOR’s Watershed Management Department Manager and Society of Filipino Foresters, Inc. Secretary General Forester Emmanuel Umali moderating the panel discussion.
With the theme, “Sustainable Forestry for Economic Recovery,” the event aims to provide the members
of the Philippine Wood Producers Association, Inc. (PWPA) with information about how the forestry sector and the forestry industry can contribute to the economic recovery of the country.
The PWPA is a non-stock and non-profit national association of corporations, partnerships and individuals involved in natural forest management, forest plantation development, manufacture of lumber, veneer and plywood, pulp and paper and other wood products as well as in trading, shipping, and sales of these products. It is composed of more than 300 members nationwide who work towards sustainable forest management and the development of an economic and environmentally sound Wood Industry in the country.