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Gov’t, LGUs take tougher stance against Tañon Strait illegal fishers
Concerned government agencies and local government units (LGUs) will conduct more sea patrols and file cases against illegal and commercial fishers in Tañon Strait, the country’s largest marine protected area between Cebu ...
- January 26, 2017
Biliran mangrove garden blends environment protection, livelihood
Barangay Looc, Cabucgayan, Biliran – This town’s mangrove gardening project is the perfect blend of environmental protection, ecotourism, livelihood and poverty alleviation. The project in sitio Naga, Rawis Villa Corro ...
- May 16, 2017
Guimaras unites for marine protection
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), local government units, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), and the academe are joining hands in the marine protection program for the island ...
- April 11, 2017
Back to the wild
Asian Box turtles are released at the Angat Watershed Forest Reserve after by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). The DENR has a rescue, rehabilitation and release program for wild animal in the reserve.
- April 28, 2017
Fisherfolk laud DENR for mining shutdowns
A fisherfolk group has lauded Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Gina Lopez for revoking the mining agreements of 75 undeveloped mine operations near watersheds. The Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang ...
- February 18, 2017
President backs Lopez on closure of mine operations to protect watersheds
President Duterte is backing the country’s environment secretary to keep the precious watersheds “off limits” to destructive mining operations. Environment Secretary Regina Lopez affirmed that the closure of mining operations ...
- February 10, 2017
Dismantling of Laguna Lake fish pens now in full force
The dismantling of fishpens in Laguna Lake, the largest lake in the Philippines and the second largest inland freshwater lake in Southeast Asia, continues and is now in full force. The Department of Environment and Natural ...
- January 28, 2017
Demolition of Laguna fishpens lauded
A fisherfolk group and an environment group based in Laguna lauded the demolition of large fishpens in the Laguna de Bay. The Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (PAMALAKAYA-Pilipinas) and the Save Laguna ...
- March 9, 2017
DENR to lead coastal cleanup in Visayas
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will lead volunteers in clearing coastal areas of trash and debris in the Visayas today, International Coastal Cleanup Day. “There is a need to give our coastal ...
- September 16, 2017
Marine resources tour for Ati kids
They may be from inland villages, but indigenous Ati children had the chance to learn about the significance of marine resources here. More than a dozen Ati children from both Iloilo and Guimaras province traveled to Taklong ...
- December 10, 2017