The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) recently met with leaders of environmental groups and held an experts’ forum on land reclamation as part of ongoing consultations and policy review to get inputs from various stakeholders on critical environmental issues. In both forums, Environment Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga underscored that inputs from all sectors are valuable for the DENR to deliver its mandate. She added that the dialogues enable the gaining of ground-based knowledge, and accelerate the collection of data and evidence from affected communities and stakeholders.

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