For decades, the local governments surrounding the fragile Marikina Watershed have been playing blind to businesses that have been sprouting like mushrooms in that ecosystem. Not surprisingly, profits and tax revenues have been their priorities.

500 businesses operate inside 'fragile' Marikina watershed

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) IV-A is burdened with difficult tasks as they try to minimize the environmental harm of urban and economic progress in the region.

DENR IV-A acts on environmental concerns

Just last March 19, San Miguel Corp. confirmed it was dropping the Pasig River Expressway (PAREX) project (which made environmental groups so jubilant and victorious).

So PAREX is on, after all

Starfish slowly killing reefs

Southern Leyte Seas Battle Old Foe

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) was told to be more proactive on reclamation projects evaluation and improve its oversight on such undertakings to mitigate the risk of flooding.

DENR told to be more proactive on reclamations

𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦, 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚 𝐠𝐨

A 2,000-hectare Floating Photovoltaic (FPV) or floating solar plant in Laguna de Bay, with 1880.5 megawatts that can power over two million homes is no small feat but so are the possible economic, social, and environmental implications of such a giant project.

Killing a dying lake

The Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) law should not just be applied on single-use plastics but on all types of toxic wastes like used lead acid batteries (ULAB) and hospital wastes.

DENR told: apply EPR to all toxic wastes

“Ang ganda ng Region 8,” Lormelyn E. Claudio of the Department of Natural Resources (DENR)-8 said on Tuesday in a press conference held in Tacloban City.


Harnessing the Riches of the Local Ecosystems

The cities of Calbayog and Catbalogan in Samar have implemented waste segregation strategies to produce reusable materials from trash while creating livelihood opportunities.

Samar cities turn waste into livelihood

Last Monday, June 3, UP Visayas and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources Region VI (DENR VI) marked a significant step in preserving the natural heritage of Western Visayas. 
A Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) was signed to document the natural heritage of Panay and Guimaras as part of the Cultural Mapping of Panay and Guimaras Project. The initiative was further extended to Negros Occidental through another MOA with the Department of Education (DepEd) Region VI.

UP Visayas, DENR Collab  on Cultural Mapping 

𝐊𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐝𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐚𝐤𝐞

Department of Environment and Natural Resources

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