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DENR-CENRO TUBAY PARTNERS WITH SEDMFI, LGU TUBAY FOR MANGROVE PRESERVATION

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (DENR-CENRO) - Tubay in Agusan del Norte has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Surigao Economic Development and Microfinance Foundation Inc. (SEDMFI) and the Local Government Unit of Tubay (LGU-Tubay) for the preservation and sustainable management of the 15-hectare Mangrove Forest in Barangay Poblacion 2 of the municipality in a ceremony held at the town on March 8, 2024.

Signing on behalf of CENRO Tubay was its OIC-CENR Officer, Forester Hernan P. Ramirez; Hon. Mayor Jimmy Beray, representing the LGU-Tubay; and Attorney Joseph B. Nacario, SEDMFI representative. The Punong Barangay of Poblacion 2 and the Head Executive Assistant (HEA) of LGU-Tubay also witnessed the event.

Through the MOA, the parties compromised to work together for the preservation and sustainable management of the mangrove area adopted.

The agreement is a testament to the commitment of all parties to work together for the preservation and sustainable management of mangrove ecosystems.

It also marks a pivotal milestone in the journey towards mangrove conservation and underscores the power of collaboration in addressing complex environmental challenges.

Before the MOA signing, the officials and some volunteers engaged in a mangrove planting activity within the 15-hectare adopted mangrove forest.

The volunteers were personnel from the Bureau of Fire Protection-Tubay Fire Station, Municipal Police Station of Tubay, 2nd Agusan del Norte Provincial Mobile Force Company (PMFC), Barangay Officials, and residents of Barangay Poblacion 2, and members and staff of SEDMFI.

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PENRO Agusan Norte celebrates WWD, visits Regional Wildlife Rescue Center (RWRC)

In line with the 2024 World Wildlife Day Celebration with the theme “Connecting People and Planet: Exploring Digital Innovation in Wildlife Conservation”, PENRO Agusan del Norte successfully paid a visit to the Regional Wildlife Rescue Center (RWRC) located at Sitio Little Baguio, Lantawan Eco-Park, Kitcharao, Agusan del Norte on March 4, 2024.

During the visit, a short program was initiated to emphasize to the attendees the essence of the annual celebration every 3rd day of March, highlighting the importance of the protection and conservation of wildlife species of flora and fauna. After the program, a clean-up activity and monitoring of the rehabilitated wildlife species within the rescue center ensued.

Joining the activity were CENRO Tubay technical personnel headed by OIC, CENR Officer Hernan P. Ramirez; the invited partner stakeholder, LGU of Kitcharao headed by Municipal Mayor Hon. Jenry E. Montante together with his Municipal Environment and Natural Resources Officer; and PENRO Agusan del Norte personnel led by PENR Officer Joseph Leo E. Oconer.

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DENR Caraga ENR Profile 2023

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Caraga Demographic Profile

 

01 - LAND SECTOR

  1. Land Area
  2. Patrimonial Properties
  3. Residential Free Patent Issued
  4. Agricultural Free Patent Issued
  5. Homestead
  6. List of Special Patent of LGUs and NGAs
  7. Management of Foreshore Areas
  8. Inspection, Verification and Approval Survey (IVAS Form 1) by Month

 

02 - FORESTRY SECTOR

  1. Land Classification (Area in hectares)
  2. Land Cover (Hectares)
  3. Production and Protection Forest (Hectares)
  4. Proclaimed Watershed Forest Reserve
  5. Priority Critical Watershed Supporting National Irrigation System
  6. Existing Community-Based Forest Management Agreement
  7. Existing Community Forest Stewardship Agreement
  8. Existing Agroforestry Land Management Agreement
  9. Existing Integrated Social Forestry (ISF)
  10. Existing Forest land Grazing Lease Agreement (FLGLA)
  11. Existing Forest Land Grazing Management Agreement (FLGMA)
  12. Existing Forest Land Management Agreement (FLMA)
  13. Existing Forest Land Use Agreement (FLAg)
  14. Existing Integrated Forest Management Agreement (IFMA)
  15. Existing Industrial Tree Plantation Lease Agreement (ITPLA)
  16. Gratuitous Permit for the Special Uses of Forest Lands (GSUP)
  17. Existing Socialized Industrial Forest Mgt. Agreement (SIFMA)
  18. Existing Special Land Use Permit (SLUP)
  19. Existing Private Forest Development Agreement
  20. Existing Tree Farm Lease Agreement
  21. Existing Tree Farm Management Agreement
  22. Registered Lumber Dealers
  23. Certificate of Registration as Importer/Dealer of Imported Wood Products
  24. Issued Chainsaw Registration
  25. Registered Wood Processing Plant
  26. Forest Land Use Plan (FLUP) of LGUs
  27. Summary of DENR NGP Accomplishment CY 2011-2022
  28. Summary of Community-Based Employment Program under NGP Implementation
  29. Adopted Graduated NGP Sites
  30. Apprehended/Confiscated/Forfeited Natural Resource Products including Tools, Implements and Equipment
  31. Forest Disturbance by Cause
  32. Forest Disturbance within NGP Sites
  33. Cutting Permits
  34. Permit for Private Tree Plantations
  35. Permit for Non-Timber Products
  36. Rattan Cutting Contract
  37. Co Management Agreements related to Forest Conservation
  38. Monthly Log Production
  39. Monthly Lumber Production
  40. Monthly Veneer Production
  41. Monthly Plywood Production
  42. Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFP) Production
  43. Employment

 

 03 - BIODIVERSITY SECTOR

  1. Profile of Protected Area within the Region
  2. Area Distribution of Coastal Resources
  3. Inventory of Coral Reef
  4. Inventory of Seagrass
  5. Mangrove Assessment
  6. Mangrove Area Rehabilitated
  7. Livelihood Projects Implemented in Coastal Areas
  8. Inland Wetland in the Region
  9. Classified Caves in the Region
  10. Identified/Assessed Critical Habitats
  11. Certificate of Wildlife Registration
  12. Wildlife Import/Export/Re-Export Permit
  13. CITES Import/Export/Re-Export Permit
  14. Wildlife Local Transport Permit
  15. Wildlife Collector's Permit (WCP)
  16. Issuance of Gratuitous Permit
  17. Wildlife Special Use Permit
  18. Special Local Transport Permit
  19. Wildlife Farm Permit
  20. Wildlife Culture Permit
  21. Clearance to Operate (for Zoological Parks and Botanical Gardens)
  22. Known Fauna Species by Taxonomic Group
  23. Known Flora Species by Taxonomic Group
  24. Endemic Fauna Species by Taxonomic Group
  25. Endemic Flora Species by Taxonomic Group
  26. Wild Flora Confiscation
  27. Wild Fauna Confiscation
  28. Wild Fauna Retrieval and Donation
  29. Wild Flora Retrieval and Donation
  30. Inventory of Wildlife at DENR Established Wildlife Rescue Center
  31. Population of Threatened Species
  32. Marine Turtles Tagged and Released
  33. Stranded Marine Turtle
  34. Marine Turtle Nest and Hatchlings

 

  04 - ENVIRONMENT SECTOR

  1. Particulate Matter System
  2. Ozone Concentration
  3. Carbon Monoxide Concentration
  4. Sulfur Dioxide Concentration
  5. Nitrogen Dioxide Concentration
  6. Airshed
  7. Water Quality Management Areas (WQMA)
  8. Monitored Waterbodies (classified waterbodies)
  9. Approved Discharge Permits
  10. Amount of Generated Hazardous Waste
  11. Waste Generation
  12. Summary of Approved Solid Waste Management Plans in the Region
  13. Solid Waste Disposal Facilities in the Region
  14. Summarized EMB Funded MRFs
  15. Monitored LGU Initiated Recovery Facilities (MRFs)
  16. Sanitary Landfills
  17. LGU-owned sanitary landfills
  18. Privately-Owned Sanitary Landfills
  19. Number of Personnel in SWM Facilities by Gender
  20. Summary of Environmental Compliance Certificates Issued by Specific Type of Project
  21. Issuance of Certificate of Non-Coverage
  22. No. of Firms with Cases
  23. Enforcement
  24. Annex A: Location of AQMS
  25. Annex B: Water Quality Monitoring Stations 

 

  04 - WATER SECTOR

  1. Summary of Water Permittees by Purpose
  2. Summary of Water Permittees by Water Sources
  3. Major River Basin Profile
  4. Percentage of implementation of programs and projects identified in the Integrated River Basin Master Plans

 

05 - MINES SECTOR

  1. Mineral Production Sharing Agreement(MPSA)
  2. Financial or Technical Assistance Agreement (FTAA)
  3. Mineral Processing Permit (MPP)
  4. Industrial Sand & Gravel Permit (IP)
  5. Special Mines Permit (SMP)
  6. Exploration Permit (EP)
  7. Number of Permits Issued by Local Government Units
  8. Mineral Resource/Reserves Inventory
  9. Existing Mineral Reservation Areas
  10. Inventory of Declared Minahang Bayan
  11. Annual Directory of Accredited Dealers, Traders, and Retailers of Minerals/Mineral Products
  12. Mineral Commodity
  13. Mineral Production by Contractor/Operator (Large Operating Mines and Quarries)
  14. Non-metallic Mineral Price Monitor
  15. Revenue Generated by Local Government
  16. Annual Safety and Health Program
  17. Social Development and Management Program
  18. Annual Social Development Program
  19. Community Development Program
  20. Environmental Work Program
  21. Mining Forest Program
  22. Environmental Protection and Enhancement Program
  23. Annual Environmental Protection
  24. Final Mine Rehabilitation and/ or Decommissioning Plan
  25. Status of Geohazard Mapping (List of Municipalities with 1:10,000 Map Scale)
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CENRO Bago spearheads Sum-ag River Cleanup

The Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) in Bago City recently spearheaded the 7th cleanup of Sum-ag River in Brgy. Sum-ag, Bacolod City, Negros Occidental.

One hundred eighty five (185) participants from the Philippine Coast Guard, Sum-ag Elementary School, PCG Auxiliary, City Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Management Council(CFARMC) Guardians Emigrant and barangay officials and residents joined the Sum-ag River Cleanup and gathered a total of forty three (43) sacks of assorted garbages.

DENR 6 Regional Executive Director Francisco E. Milla, Jr. thanked stakeholders for helping cleanup Sum-Ag River. He also appealed to the community to observe proper solid waste disposal and management.

“The Environment Department is very thankful for your active support in helping to improve the quality of our water bodies. Whatever we do to our environment will eventually affect us in many ways”, he said.

 

RED Milla also underscored that the conductof cleanup drive will need the involvement of community for them to realize the need tO reverse the worsening condition of rivers and other water bodies.

Clean Water is one of the ten (10) priority programs of DENR Secretary Roy A. Cimatu which aims to improve water quality of priority rivers and other critical water bodies including lakes and bays through continuous massive clean up, monitoring of industries and rehabilitation of esteros and rivers./DENR-CENROBago

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Zamboanga City beneficiaries receive land titles from DENR

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)ZamboangaPensinsulathru the Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) of Zamboanga City, in coordination with the office of the Register of Deeds and local government unit officials awarded186 land titles to qualified recipients from Barangay Tolosa under the HandogTitulo Program.

The awarding ceremony, held on September 18, 2019 in Zamboanga City, was attended by Zamboanga City Vice Mayor Atty. Rommel Agan (for Mayor BengClimaco), Register of Deeds Jayvee Baginda, Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Officer (PENRO) Dante Oporto, CENROfficerPilaritoMontebon, City Assesor Erwin Bernardo, Tolosa Barangay Chairman Joseph S. Lazareno, beneficiaries and residents of the said barangay.

Vice Mayor Agan congratulated the beneficiares and told them to take care of their land titles as this can be used as collaterals in times of need.

" Puedeyaustedesdurmienbuenamentetodo el noche y hindena man lingasa cay talyiya con ustedes el titulo del magatierradondeustedes ta queda o siembra," (You can now sleep soundly everynight and not worry anymore because you are now in possession of land titles for the lands where you stay or plant.) said Vice Mayor Agan.

CENRO Montebon, on the other hand, invited others who still do not have land titles to visit his office to apply as the office provides free land survey services to qualified applicants.

"Please feel free to visit our office for your titling needs or concerns,"CENRO Montebon said.

The beneficiaries were all happy and contented for finally receiving the titles to their lands.

A total of 186 land titles were awarded consisting of 90 Agricultural Patents and 96 Residential Free Patents.

The conduct of the HandogTitulo Program is in line with the mandate of the DENR to administer, manage and dispose public lands in favor of qualified beneficiaries pursuant to Act No. 218 dated September 2, 1901 entitled "An Act Creating the Bureau of Public Lands." It was also held in celebration of the 118th anniversary of the Land Management Bureau. (rt)

 

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