The Philippine government's recent mining policies appear to have weakened the protective and accountability elements of regulating mining in the Philippines . This is according to Alyansa Tigil Mina (ATM), which expressed dismay over new mining policies being pushed by the Department of...
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Roy A. Cimatu has hailed the contribution of Indigenous Peoples (IPs) in the efforts to conserve the critically endangered Philippine eagle. (Photo from DENR) "The Philippine eagle's presence in the forests is intrinsically connected...
Billions of investments in nature are needed to help countries avoid another pandemic while also generating revenues, according to biodiversity financing strategist BIOFIN Philippines. In a statement, the Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN), a project of the Department of Environment and...
The mining industry is still enjoying a continuous string of goods news as the Philippine government gives in to a years-long clamor by mining companies to allow the automatic renewal of the exploration period in the country. This means that a mining company exploring minerals in an area no longer...
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...
