Amazing. I thought, it's a joke. No, it wasn't!
The news came from Malaybalay City in Mindanao. Provincial board member Jay Albarece has proposed an ordinance granting real property tax discounts with lots with high density of trees to serve as incentive to residence who have been planting and protecting trees in their own lots.
I am doing this since many years. Most of my expatriates and Filipino friends and neighbors do it the same way.
"One of the encouraging private individuals and entities to actively participate in the reforestation of the province is to grant real property tax to those who have been growing and protecting the trees in their respective lots!" Albarece said in his proposed ordinance.
Great idea Sir!
