The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) was urged to reject the P12-billion seabed quarrying project in Manila Bay being proposed by a company called Silverquest Mining Resources Inc. (SMRI). The call was made by the national fishers’ group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang...
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is batting for the creation of policies that favor the use of “low carbon, energy efficient” cold chain systems in a bid to totally get rid of hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) use. How ozone-depleting substances affect the atmosphere....
DAVAO CITY - After a video of a trekker drinking liquor at the peak of to Mt. Apo went viral on social media, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) XI Regional Office warned trekkers who will violate the policies set by the Protected Area Management Board (PAMB) that they will...
The National Solid Waste Management Commission (NSWMC) is keen on helping all local government units (LGUs) in the country gain access to much-needed sanitary landfills (SLFs). DENR Undersecretary Benny Antiporda (Photo from Antiporda's office) "As a solution for LGUs that cannot put up their own...
The Offshore Mining Chamber of the Philippines (OMCP) has batted for restricted coastal mining after they expressed their support to the proposed ban on sand mining in some coastal towns in the Ilocos region. In a statement, OMCP, composed of operational and non-operational offshore mining firms in...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday called on the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to start naming and identifying the rocks and features of the Kalayaan Island Group (KIG). Hontiveros said such move will strengthen and assert the Philippines’ claim in the West Philippine Sea....
The sharp increase in the number of resorts in Laguna the past few years has been worrisome as far as the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is concerned. WATER-INTENSIVE BUSINESS--Resorts flourish in Laguna, but their effects on the sustainability of the Mount Makiling...
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Undersecretary Benny Antiporda has turned over a swab testing booth to a local Lions Club chapter in hopes of helping Cavite control the spread of the dreaded coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The swab testing booth donated by Lions Club...
Dozens of smuggled small wildlife species--stuffed inside toy boxes--have been discovered by Bureau of Customs-Port of NAIA (BOC-NAIA) inspectors, the Manila Bulletin learned on Saturday, May 29. (Photo from BOC-NAIA) (Photo from BOC-NAIA) The parcel reportedly came from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and...
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has just received the equivalent of an "Oscar nomination" when it comes to environmental sustainability policies. (Photo from the EcoWaste Coalition) This, after one of the agency’s policies was shortlisted from a total of 55 nominated...
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) expects good things to come out from its latest partnership with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), which has committed a $150-million (P7.25-billion) bilateral assistance fund for local "enhanced ecosystems"...
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is set to implement P7.25-billion worth of projects for enhanced ecosystems in the Philippines, a move that will be largely backed by a bilateral assistance fund from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). This...
