July 21, 2023
Dear Karen Gay Colot,
Greetings!
Thank you for your request dated Jun 30, 2023 03:14:01 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.
Your Request
You asked for location where bani tree (pongamia pinnata) can be found.
Response to Request
ERDB has no plantation established or research projects conducted for the species of Bani. But it was observed/spotted during the monitoring of the regular projects, in strip formation along lakes/seashores and coastal barangays and possibly it can be found in places where named the municipalities to Bani in the Philippines, as follows:
1. Mangatarem, Pangasinan
2. Laguna Lake
3. Burdeos, Polillo
4. Subic, Zambales
5. Caramoan, Camarines Sur
6. Garchitorena, Camarines Sur 7. Panglao, Bohol
8. Toledo, Cebu
9. Samal Island, Davao del Norte
10. Camiguin, Northern Mindanao
11. Carmen, Agusan Del Norte
12. Taguilon Bay, Dapitan, Zamboanga del Norte
13. Bani, Ilocos Norte
14. Bani, La Union
15. Bani, San Carlos, Pangasinan
16. Bani, Pangasinan
17. Bani, Zambales
18. Bani, Tarlac
19. Bani, Mindoro Oriental
20. Bani, Camarines Sur
21. Bani Island, Lavezares, Northern Samar
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