DENR XII Regional Executive Director Alfredo S. Pascual gestures as he stresses a point during the  launching of the International Year of Forests in Barangay Edwards, T'boli, South Cotabato. With him on stage are (fr. left to right)  A SUMIFRO official, DENR XII Regional  Technical  Director Ernesto L. Lezada, Barangay Chairman Eden F. Pedregoza, SUMIFRO District Manager Emilio O. Grande, South Cotabato Provincial Environment Management Officer Ramon Ponce B. de Leon and T'boli Municipal Environment and Natural Resources Officer (MENRO) Engr. Julian C. Asion, Jr.