Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Assistant Secretary and concurrent Director of the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) Atty. Juan Miguel Cuna (second from right) leads the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement with jeepney operator groups for free, voluntary and non-apprehension garage or terminal emission testing of public utility jeepneys in Metro Manila. The MOA signing coincided with the NCR Airshed Consulative Forum held Friday at the EMB’s conference room in Quezon City. Joining him are Land Transportation Office Executive Director Giovanni Gonzalez (right), Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board Chairman Winston Ginez (center), Liga ng Transportasyon at Opereytors sa Pilipinas President Orlando Marquez, and Pangkalahatang Sanggunian Manila and Suburbs Drivers Association Nationwide (PASANG-MASDA) Vice-President Jojo Martin. ###

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Published: 25 January 2016

Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Undersecretary Atty. Jonas Leones underscores the need to sustain the agency’s partnership with the University of the Philippines in bringing about a new breed of environment leaders during the launch of the ‘U.P. Program for Environmental Governance’ or UP-PEG on Monday (Jan. 18) at the UP Bahay Alumni in Quezon City.  The program, comprising of six modules, seeks to strengthen the competence of environmental authorities, especially those at the forefront of implementing government programs and policies on natural resources development and environmental protection.  Also in photo are (seated, from right) U.P. Los Banos Vice-Chancellor  Dr. Portia Lapitan and UP-Center for Integrative and Development Studies Chair Edna Co. ###

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Published: 20 January 2016

Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Ramon J. P. Paje underscores the various programs to improve the country’s natural defenses and resiliency such as the massive watershed rehabilitation, log ban in natural forests and geohazard assessment and mapping during the climate change forum held Thursday at the National Museum in Manila. He also thanked France President François Hollande (seated, left) for the continuing support extended by his government to the country’s climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts. The forum was part of the visit to the Philippines by Pres. Hollande in preparation for the 21st Conference of Parties in Paris in December 2015.  Also in photo is French Special Envoy for the Protection of the Planet Nicolas Hulot.###

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Published: 04 March 2015

A clean up of the Las Pinas-Paranaque Critical Habitat and Ecotourism Area (LPPCHEA) organized by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources drew positive response from various stakeholders, including these nuns and other members of the Franciscan Sister of the Transfiguration (formerly Daughters of St. Francis of Florence, DSFF).  The clean-up was part of the celebration of the protected area’s first anniversary as a Ramsar Site.  Comprising of 175 hectares of mangroves and mudflats, LPPCHEA is the only declared critical habitat within Metro Manila and the sixth Philippine area included in the List of Wetlands of International Importance in March 2013. ###

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Published: 03 March 2015

Calapan City Bishop Monsignor Warlito Cajandig  blesses the marker for the Naujan Lake National Park in simple rites coinciding with the launch of “Bangklase,” an innovative education shipboard project, in Socorro, Oriental Mindoro.  Declared as a Ramsar Site or “wetland of international importance,” Naujan Lake boasts of rich biodiversity and serves as a critical area for breeding and migrating waterfowl and shorebirds. Also in the photo are Regional Director Oscar C. Dominguez (left) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources - MIMAROPA Region and Fr. Anthony Ibarra B. Fabella, president of the Divine Word College of Calapan (DWCC). 

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Published: 27 November 2014