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The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will design a revenue-sharing scheme for farmers and indigenous people (IPs) who will manage the forest areas surrounding the massive P4.37-billion Chico River Pump Irrigation Project (CRPIP) in Pinukpuk, Kalinga.

Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Roy A. Cimatu said the massive clean-up of rivers and management of solid waste will remain at the top of his agenda for the remainder of his term.

The Philippines is home to more than 200 species of animals. Some of which are endemic to the country and considered rare or endangered, thus requiring the utmost care and preservation from those involved. 

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will put up its second treatment storage disposal (TSD) facility for electronic wastes, which is located in Dampalit, Malabon City.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Philippine government’s recent mining policies appear to have weakened the protective and accountability elements of regulating mining in the Philippines.

Billions of investments in nature are needed to help countries avoid another pandemic while also generating revenues, according to biodiversity financing strategist BIOFIN Philippines.

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.

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 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.

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).

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).

International organizations Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) are now helping the Philippine government to stop the use of highly toxic mercury in mining in compliance with its commitment under the Minamata Convention.

The government is unlikely to halt the rehabilitation of Manila Bay, including the use of crushed dolomite rocks along the shoreline, despite concerns raised by some groups.