AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert Lee (Rep. Lee's Facebook page) AGRI Party-list Rep. Manoy Wilbert Lee hailed the Bureau of Customs (BOC) for intercepting P750,000 worth of smuggled agarwood, which led him to renew his personal call for a sustainable agarwood...
It was during high school that I decided to pursue managing our agarwood farming business, and my farmer father was my mentor at that time. I did not continue my education after finishing high school, but I always believed that my focus was more on agriculture and farming, and I wanted to improve...
ILOILO CITY – Forest rangers recently seized highly valued agarwood worth P2.1 million and arrested 10 poachers in Aklan province. A FOREST ranger inspects highly valued agarwood illegally harvested in Aklan. (DENR PENRO-Aklan) The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)...
By BENJAMIN SARONDO It was in November 2021 that the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) allowed Filipinos to commercially propagate agarwood ( Aquilaria malaccensis ), one of the world’s priciest trees and an endangered one. In Barangay Antipolo Tinambac, Camarines Sur,...
Collecting seeds of agarwood-producing species, such as of Aquilaria malaccensis, from the wild is prohibited by the law, unless granted permit by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). DENR Secretary Roy Cimatu made the pronouncement Tuesday, Nov. 23, after several DENR...
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) operatives seized P2.9 million worth of agarwood from two illegal traders earlier this month, the agency reported on Wednesday, June 30. (Photo from DENR Facebook page) Conducted by members of the newly-formed DENR-Environmental Law Enforcement...
