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Mangroves act as buffers during inclement weather
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Region 6 has embarked on mangrove tree growing as part of the implementation of the National Greening Program (NGP). NGP targets to plant 1.5 billion trees across ...
- May 26, 2014
Typhoon - ravaged mangroves recover
Iloilo-Mangrove and beach forests in Iloilo's coastal towns, ravaged by super typhoon "Yolanda" in 2013, have recovered and gotten stronger thru reforestation. A third party team validated the 86 percent reforestation ...
- March 29, 2016
DENR lifts ECC suspension on 'complying' Boracay businesses
A few weeks before the much-awaited reopening of Boracay, Environment secretary Roy Cimatu lifted the suspension of the environmental compliance certificates (ECCs) of some business establishments in the world-famous resort ...
- October 13, 2018
Wetlands, water and life are inseparable: Protect NOCWCA, protect lives
Wetlands are unheard body of waters to some, but they play a critical part in our natural environment. They protect the shores from wave action, prevent flooding, and serve as a habitat for terrestrial and aquatic wildlife ...
- February 18, 2021
Month of the Ocean: Ocean science for sustainable development
Ocean is a continuous body of salt water and our planet’s largest ecosystem. It stabilizes the climate, stores carbon, nurtures marine biodiversity and directly supports human well-being through food and energy resources, ...
- May 18, 2021
Asean ministers' spouses plant mangroves in Aklan
The spouses of Foreign Ministers of Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam and the Secretary General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) went mangrove planting at the Sitio Lugutan mangrove site ...
- March 12, 2017
DENR set to restore Boracay ‘Dead Forest’
Restoration work will soon begin on Boracay’s Wetland No. 6, also known as “Dead Forest,” after the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) had successfully recovered the area from illegal occupants. DENR ...
- August 3, 2020
'Enforce laws to protect environment'
"If we are to ensure environmental protection, we must strongly implement environmental laws" said Department of Environment and Natural Resources regional director Jim Sampulna during the Learning Event on Environmental ...
- June 23, 2015
W. Visayans join clean-ups to relieve aftermaths of typhoon
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Region 6 and its field offices conducted simultaneous coastal clean-up drives to raise awareness on waste management problems in Western Visayas in this typhoon ...
- November 16, 2020
Garbage litter San Joaquin’s waters
The waters of Barangay Cata-an in San Joaquin, Iloilo yielded kilos of debris. The garbage were collected by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Region 6’s pioneering “Scubasureros” – divers tasked ...
- July 1, 2017