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DENR, ARMY RESERVE GROUP RENEW PACT TO PROTECT CALABARZON FORESTS – CIMATU

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has partnered anew with a Laguna-based Army reserve group to boost its reforestation and forest protection efforts in the CALABARZON (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon) region amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The 4th Regional Community Defense Group-Army Reserve Command (RCDG-ARESCOM) has renewed its partnership with […]

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DENR LAUNCHES ONLINE SYSTEM TO MONITOR LGU COMPLIANCE TO SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT LAW

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources Environmental Management Bureau (DENR-EMB) has rolled out its enhanced online monitoring system to efficiently track compliance of local government units (LGUs) to the country’s solid waste management law. EMB Director William Cuñado said the agency is tapping 307 environmental monitoring and enforcement officers (ENMOs) assigned all over the […]

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‘ALING TINDERA’ PROJECT GETS DENR SUPPORT

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is throwing its full support behind the “Aling Tindera” program, which incentivizes the collection of used plastic sachets that are ending up in Manila Bay. “This residual waste recovery program is very timely as it augments government efforts to rehabilitate Manila Bay amid the pandemic where the […]

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DENR PARTNERS WITH 28 PRIVATE GROUPS TO REHABILITATE MAHIGA RIVER – CIMATU

Efforts to revive the heavily silted Mahiga River in Cebu province got a significant boost after the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) secured the commitment and support of 28 private companies and organizations through the agency’s Adopt-an-Estero/Waterbody Program. DENR Secretary Roy Cimatu, together with Mayors Edgardo Labella of Cebu City and Jonas Cortes […]

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NO TREE CUTTING ALLOWED IN CEBU CITY COVID-19 CEMETERY – CIMATU

Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu has ordered the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Central Visayas to ensure that no trees will be cut in the grave site for those who died of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Cebu City. “I made some suggestions during our visit here to save the trees, (and) […]

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3 MORE SOLAR-POWERED SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS TO BE BUILT IN METRO MANILA – CIMATU

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will install three more solar-powered sewage treatment plants (STPs) in Metro Manila after unveiling the first one along Roxas Boulevard in Manila recently.DENR Secretary Roy Cimatu said similar solar-powered STPs will be installed along major river systems that drain into Manila Bay: the Libertad outfall in Parañaque […]

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CIMATU: AMID PANDEMIC, DUTERTE GOV’T PRIORITIZES CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES

Department of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Roy Cimatu said the Duterte administration prioritizes climate change issues amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. During a pre-State of the Nation Address (SONA) forum aired over state-run PTV4, Cimatu, also chairman of the Cabinet Cluster on Climate Change Adaptation, Mitigation and Disaster Risk Reduction (CCAM-DRR), said addressing […]

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AMEND LAW TO CURB ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE – CIMATU

A more stringent law is needed to curb illegal wildlife trade as culprits are not deterred by the punishments provided under Republic Act 9147 or the Wildlife Resources Conservation and Protection Act of 2001, Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu said. “RA 9147 should be amended to include a mandatory minimum jail term of six years for […]

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DENR HITS 80% OF 45M SEEDLINGS TARGET AMID PANDEMIC – CIMATU

Some 36 million seedlings for the Enhanced National Greening Program (ENGP) has been raised by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) during the first half of this year amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The number already represents almost 80 percent of the 45.2 million seedlings targeted for the entire year under the […]

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DENR FILES CHARGES VS DISMISSED PUERTO PRINCESA POLICE CHIEF

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has filed several criminal and administrative charges before the Office of the Ombudsman against relieved Puerto Princesa Police chief Col. Marion Balonglong in line with the illegal arrest and maltreatment of eight DENR employees last June 10. DENR said Balonglong is facing criminal charges of torture, unlawful […]