The Task Force Ilahas of Negros Occidental has been conferred an award by Department of Environment and Natural Resources as "2005 Environmental Champion" in the public sector category.

DENR regional executive director Julian Amador cited the Task Force Ilahas for its valuable support in the preservation of the remaining forest resources of Negros Occidental.

The TFI chaired by Governor Joseph Marañon, with Chief Inspector William Senoron as action officer, was reactivated in 2001 to help the anti-illegal logging campaign of the provincial government.

Amador said the exceptional and laudable accomplishments of the TFI in the forest protection campaign has significantly reduced illegally-cut and transport of forest products in Negros Occidental.

Among the noteworthy accomplishments of Task Force Ilahas was stopping the massive forest destruction within the Northern Negros Forest Reserve Area in 2002.

The TFI enforcement unit headed by Señoron is composed of 12 policemen assigned at Camp Alfredo Montelibano Sr. in Bacolod City.*GPB

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