DENR-6 conducts eFIS Workshop

A TWO-DAY Enhanced Forestry Information System (eFIS) Workshop was conducted at M02 Westown Hotel, Smallville Complex, Mandurriao, Iloilo City, recently.

Eugene V. Domingo, chief of the FMB-Knowledge and Information Section, and Computer Programmer Arsenio R. Alonzo discussed the presentation of FNB Technical Bulletin No. 8-A which is the “Adoption and Impelementation of the Enhanced Foerstry Information System.”

The e-FIS is a web-based database integrated forestry application systems that provides efficient management of forest data that shall facilitate adequate data support to policy formulation and decision-making.

It features the integration of geographical information system which the digital maps of tenured areas, protection forest and production forest and other land use to determine the right forest management system and tenured instruments.

The workshop was led by ARD Livino B. Duran of Technical Services and graced by ARD Jesse L. Vego of Management Services. It was also attended by representatives from different divisions of the regional office, PENROs and CENROs. (DENR-6)