The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has identified Central Mindoro and Eastern Mindanao as pilot areas to become the country’s “biodiversity corridors” in what is considered as the government agency’s biggest foreign-assisted project. In a statement, DENR said the...
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), through the Forest Management Bureau (FMB), is drafting an Executive Order (EO) that will elevate to national strategy status its efforts to regulate, rehabilitate, and develop the country's watersheds. A statement showed that the EO will...
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has started dredging the Cagayan River as part of rehabilitation efforts to prevent or minimize the risk of massive flooding in nearby areas. (Photo from Department of Environment and Natural Resources) In a statement on Saturday, July 3,...
A foreign-funded project of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has helped a group of indigenous peoples (IPs) in Bukidnon transform 80 hectares land into a coffee farm. A statement showed that an 80-hectare agroforestry area in Barangay Dalwangan, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon...
Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) is confident that it will meet its five-year target for its massive replanting program within some of the region’s most crucial watersheds. In a statement, stakeholders of the Annual Million Trees Challenge (AMTC) stressed their commitment to...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has announced the pilot production and distribution of vegetable protein-enriched functional food products from special purpose rice. (PIXABY) DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña said the project is being implemented by the Central Luzon...
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...
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 House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading a bill requiring environmental insurance coverage for environmentally-critical projects (ECP) in order to protect the country’s ecology and natural resources. With 247 voting in the affirmative and zero in the negative, the...
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...
