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Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu ordered his regional director in Western Visayas to take the lead in the cleanup of rivers and shorelines in Panay Island. “I’m very happy that in Metro Manila they are all interested in environmental cleanup.” “This is really the direction and I’m very happy that in Metro Manila they are all […]
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has stepped up its environmental protection campaign as it embarked into yet another high-profile battle against environmental abuse early this year after the controversial 2018 rehabilitation of the world-famous Boracay Island. This January, DENR kicked off the multi-sector rehabilitation of historic Manila Bay in an attempt to […]
Some P10 billion worth of investments will be poured in provinces that are vulnerable to climate change, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Roy Cimatu said.Cimatu, who is also the chairperson of the Cabinet Cluster on Climate Change Adaptation, Mitigation and Disaster Risk Reduction, was in Davao City for the pre-SONA (State of […]
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), through its Environmental Management Bureau (EMB), recently launched a music album featuring songs about nature to help inspire and promote environmental awareness and change. The launch of KANTALIKASAN capped the celebration of the Philippine Environment Month, with the theme “Beat Air Pollution.” This year’s celebration also paid […]
The environment department is looking at the U.S. in a bid to expand efforts to rescue and conserve the Philippine eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi), the critically endangered national bird. Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Roy Cimatu raised the possibility after his department recently sent a pair of Philippine eagles to Singapore for breeding […]
Livelihood and investment opportunities will be created nationwide with the planned ban on the country’s importation of recyclable wastes. Such a ban will create demand for local recyclables that will replace imported ones that cement makers and power plants use as fossil fuel alternative — presenting income-generating and business opportunities in sourcing and segregating trash […]
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is tightening its grip on garbage — including recyclables – which are being shipped into the Philippines. “We’ll prepare a department order banning all garbage coming from any other country,” DENR Secretary Roy Cimatu announced updating the department’s personnel in Quezon City about plans of the department […]
A total of 400 truckloads of garbage and silt from Metro Manila waterways and drainage systems were collected by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) as part of the Manila Bay rehabilitation program. The MMDA said its Flood Control and Sewerage Management Office (FCMSO) has hauled 3,018 cubic meters of trash and silt during its […]
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) isn’t discounting the possibility of eventually ending Philippine importation of waste-based processed engineered fuel (PEF), an alternative to fossil fuel used in cement production. DENR is looking into possible production of PEF in the country so cement producers can buy the product from local sources instead of […]
The Philippine government has made history in its bid to prevent the extinction of the Philippine eagle while helping enhance diplomatic relations between the country and Singapore through conservation of the country’s endemic but critically endangered raptor. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) recently formalized the wildlife loan agreement on lending a pair […]