Being the pioneer at protecting and preserving Verde Island Passage (VIP) for roughly two decades already, the work and initiatives of Lopez-led First Gen Corporation and ABS-CBN Foundation will serve as the foundation for ‘scalable solutions’ to be pursued at that marine protected area (MPA)...
Did you know mangroves absorb and store around four times more carbon than most tropical forests? A study in Nature Geoscience journal examined the carbon content of 25 mangrove forests across the Indo-Pacific region. It found that, per hectare, mangrove forests can store up to four times...
President Marcos directed government agencies to focus on providing water access to the 40 million underserved population found to have no access to formal water supply. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. presides over a sectoral meeting on May 7, 2024 at the Malacañan Palace. (Photo...
DENR Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga (left), 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino “Nonoy” Libanan (Facebook) House Minority Leader 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino “Nonoy” Libanan believes that the newly-launched Task Force Homonhon will go...
Addressing climate change has never been more urgent than when Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's Sixth Assessment Report found that climate risks are emerging sooner and will worsen faster than anticipated, making adaptation more difficult with rising global temperatures. Low-income...
According to a recent study conducted by Plastic Polluters, “The Philippines disposes more plastic waste into the ocean than any other country, with 3.3kg per person every year.” Meanwhile, the World Bank reported that the Philippines generated a staggering 2.7 million tons of plastic...
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will work with the Jollibee Foods Corporation (JFC) and the Jollibee Group Foundation (JGF) Inc. on the reforestation of mangrove areas in communities situated near the popular fast food chain. JFC and JGF aim to engage volunteer employees...
Australian start-up founder Mike Smith, with some 240 Taguig volunteers, cleared over 100,000 kg. of waste in the Taguig-Pateros river in 15 days. The project was a collaborative effort between Smith and DENR-NCR’s estero rangers, the Lake and River Management Office, the City Environment and...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources-6 (Western Visayas) said a Visayan leopard card, locally known as “maral,” was recently rescued in Mambusao town, Capiz province. The animal reportedly attacked chickens in a rice field owned by farmer Lony Salaya in...
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will evaluate abandoned, undeveloped, and underutilized (AUU) fishponds to identify potential sites for mangrove development. This, after an environmental group and scientists urged the government to convert all abandoned fishponds into...
Senators on Tuesday, April 9 welcomed the Department of Environment and Natural Resources’ (DENR) decision to fully cancel its 2004 agreement with the Socorro Bayanihan Services Inc. (SBSI) that awarded them 353 hectares of land protected area in Surigao del Norte province. This,...
Officers and members of the Socorro Bayanihan Services Incorporated (SBSI) led by Jey Rence Quilario, popularly known as Senior Agila, are now being evicted in the 353-hectare Siargao Island Protected Landscape and Seascape (SIPLAS) in Surigao del Norte. This, after the Department of...
