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In celebration of the 2022 Philippine Environment Month this June, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is highlighting efforts toward the protection and sustainable use of the country’s natural resources through activities that call for collective and transformative action for the protection and restoration of the planet. With the theme, “Aksyon Para sa […]
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Acting Secretary Jim Sampulna said the Manila Bay Dolomite Beach will be reopened to the public on June 12 coinciding with the country’s celebration of Independence Day. Initially scheduled to reopen in May, the DENR has moved the date as some infrastructures have yet to be finished in […]
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Jim Sampulna praised the International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime (ICCWC) for launching a technical review process of the current response to wildlife and forest crimes in the Philippines. Sampulna said the Wildlife and Forest Crime Analytic Toolkit will combat the unlawful and “lucrative” industry of illegal […]
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has welcomed the enactment of laws establishing five more protected areas under the National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS), which brings to 112 the total number of legislated protected areas nationwide. President Rodrigo Duterte recently signed into law Republic Act (RA) 11684 or the Mt. Arayat Protected […]
Senator Francis Tolentino said the Tampakan copper-gold project being pushed to resume by Sagittarius Mines Inc. (SMI) in Tampakan, South Cotabato will be beneficial to local residents. Tolentino stressed the Tampakan copper-gold project will be “cost-effective” and safe. “Cost effective yung extraction ng open-pit mining kasi mababaw lang ang paghuhukay niyan eh, makukuha agad yung mina,” the legislator said in “Sa […]
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), through its “Handog Titulo” program, has awarded land titles to 415 qualified beneficiaries in Northern Mindanao. During a ceremonial turnover at the DENR Region 10 Multi-Purpose Court in Cagayan de Oro City, Original Certificates of Title (OCTs) were distributed to 200 beneficiaries in Bukidnon, 10 in Camiguin, […]
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Acting Secretary Jim Sampulna has ordered the strengthening of measures to preserve terrestrial and marine biodiversity in areas where there are mining operations. In signing DENR Administrative Order (DAO) No. 2022-04 or the “Enhancing Biodiversity Conservation and Protection in Mining Operations,” Sampulna said the order intends to provide guidelines […]
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Acting Secretary Jim Sampulna urged the candidates in the 2022 national and local elections to clean up and dispose of campaign materials in accordance with Republic Act (RA) 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000. “Win or lose, these candidates must consider the long-term consequences […]
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), which heads the Boracay Inter-Agency Task Force (BIATF), has expressed hope that the municipal government of Malay will sustain the gains of the Boracay rehabilitation as the task force’s term ends in June. “We are all excited to complete the rehabilitation of Boracay. But we cannot allow […]
Four workers of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) were inducted into the prestigious Hall of Environmental Heroes by the Environmental Heroes Foundation, Inc. (EHFI) during the 2022 Earth Day celebration recently. Those given recognition were Real, Quezon Community Environment and Natural Resources Officer (CENRO) Miliarete Panaligan; El Nido-Taytay, Palawan forest ranger Bienvenido […]