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2012, June 18.  International Year of Forests

Litho Offset.  Amstar Company, Inc.  Perf 14

Singles, Sheets of 40 (10 x 4)

          

 

   9p   International Year of Forests  -  Singles   (60,000)

 

 

Painting by Trisha Co Reyes, St. Stephen's High School, Manila

Layout Artist:  Victorino Serevo

 

Stamp Design:  Global Winner - 20th International Children’s Painting Competition on the Environment

 

 

First Day Covers:  Manila

 

 


 

Global Winner

Trisha Co Reyes, 13 years, Philippines

20th International Children’s Painting Competition on the Environment

What significance do forests have to our everyday life?  Answers were given through paintings submitted to the 20th International Children’s Painting Competition on the Environment.  With the United Nations declaring 2011 as International Year of Forests, the theme chosen for this year’s competition was “Life in the Forests.” Some 600,000 girls and boys aged between six and 14 from 98 countries sent in their illustrated messages. 

A love of walking in the forests in her home country of the Philippines inspired the winning entry of 13-year-old Trisha Co Reyes.  The competition was organized by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).  

Trisha's entry shows a young girl pulling back a large grey curtain covered in images of dying trees in a polluted landscape, to reveal a colorful forest filled with abundant wildlife. She says the painting is an appeal for people to appreciate the value of forests and to encourage them to plant trees.  

"My painting shows two sides; a good and sustainable forest and the causes of forest destruction", said Trisha.  “Forests are essential for life on Earth, but the destruction of the forest has become a worldwide problem. We must treasure the earth's greatest biological treasure, so that we will always have forests in our lives." 

As the overall winner, Trisha received US$2,000 in prize money and an all-expenses-paid trip to the TUNZA International Children and Youth Conference on the Environment in Bandung, Indonesia, held September 17-Octrober 1, 2011, where she was presented with her award.

2011 International Year of Forests Issue

 

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  • Paintings

  • United Nations

 

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