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Concerned agencies have intensified efforts to combat illegal logging in Mountain Province. Data from the Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (Cenro) Sabangan showed a sharp increase in illegal logging apprehensions in the province for the first semester of 2023. According to Cenro-Sabangan, 18 cases of illegal logging apprehensions have been reported in the first

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources, together with other law enforcement agencies, intercepted over 13,000 board feet of illegally cut logs in General Tinio, Nueva Ecija over the weekend, a report said on Tuesday. DENR/NEPPO A composite team fro

“Don’t just suspend quarries in the Marikina watershed; cancel them as they don’t belong there.” Reforesters in the uplands of Rizal province pleaded to Malacañang as the onset of the rainy season again threatens destructive floods below.

MANILA - Malacanang on Tuesday directed a task force in the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to investigate alleged illegal activities within the Upper Marikina River Basin Protected Landscape (UMRBPL) in Rizal province. This, after environmentalists and concerned citizens asked the government to cancel quarrying agreements within the 26,126-hectare UMRBPL over concerns that these activities could worsen the extent of flooding in low-lying reaches of the Upper Marikina Wate...

MANILA - Malacanang on Tuesday directed a task force in the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to investigate alleged illegal activities within the Upper Marikina River Basin Protected Landscape (UMRBPL) in Rizal province. This, after environmentalists and concerned citizens asked the government to cancel quarrying agreements within the 26,126-hectare UMRBPL over concerns that these activities could worsen the extent of flooding in low-lying reaches of the Upper Marikina Wate...

Two months from now dry faucets will turn into floods. Rains will rush down bald mountains, deluging homes and shops below.

President Duterte appointed former Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Undersecretary Edilberto Dela Cruz Leonardo to become one of the commissioners of the National Police Commission (Napolcom). Leonardo will represent the law enforcement sector of the Napolcom and will have a s

President Duterte has recently appointed former Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Undersecretary Edilberto Dela Cruz Leonardo as commissioner of the National Police Commission (Napolcom). Leonardo, who represents the law enforcement sector, shall serve a six-year fixed term. Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary and Napolcom…

President Duterte has appointed former environment undersecretary Edilberto Leonardo as a commissioner of the National Police Commission.

Enforcers from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources have apprehended two suspected wildlife traders in Pasay City after they allegedly tried to sell pangolins through social media.