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DENR ARRESTS ILLEGAL LOGGERS IN KALINGA – CIMATU

The Environmental Law Enforcement and Protection Service (ELEPS) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has arrested four illegal loggers in the municipality of Tabuk in Kalinga province recently. The operations conducted by DENR-ELEPS, together with the Kalinga Provincial and Community Environment and Natural Resources, DENR-Cordillera Administrative Region, and DENR’s Anti-Illegal Logging Task […]

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GO AFTER FINANCIERS OF ILLEGAL LOGGING – CIMATU

Secretary Roy Cimatu wants the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to shift from reactive to preventive in its efforts to curb illegal logging by stopping criminals before they cut trees. Cimatu said it’s high time for the agency to move away from the traditional model of forest protection operation, which has been “largely […]