On the weekend before Election Day, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources made a last-minute appeal to the candidates and the voters to observe a litter-free midterm election.
As an archipelagic country rich in fish and other marine life, the Philippines has a major role to play in protecting oceans and ensuring the sustainable use of underwater resources, Environment Secretary Ramon Paje said Friday.
The employees union of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is appealing to the government to “soften the blow” of the looming rationalization program that is seen to cut the agency’s workforce by at least 20 percent.
The labor union at the Department of Environment and Natural Resources is appealing to the government to “soften the blow” of a looming rationalization program that is expected to cut the agency’s workforce by at least 20 percent.
Various citizen groups will participate in the crafting of the budget of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) for next year, the first time the agency will open the process to civil society groups, according to the budget advocacy group La Liga Policy Institute.
Environment Secretary Ramon Paje on Saturday urged residents of Metro Manila to conserve water, even as he allayed fears of a looming water crisis in the peak of summer.
Various groups will participate in the crafting of the environment department’s budget for next year, the first time the agency will open that process to civil society groups, according to the budget advocacy group La Liga Policy Institute.
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Central Visayas yesterday “strongly urged” candidates in the May elections to refrain from nailing their campaign materials on trees.
Environment authorities are clamping down on the illegal trade of two species of endangered lizards after a television show featured it.
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has advised more than 2,000 foresters and upland farmers in Central Luzon to help protect the region’s 589,945 hectares of forests from wildfires this summer.
Tarsier colonies have been discovered in two villages in Southern Mindanao, exciting environmental officials who had always thought the tiny primate could not survive outside Bohol.
The mystical Mount Banahaw is still close to the public until February 2015 but the management board overseeing the protection of the mountain and the adjacent Mount San Cristobal is planning to reopen parts of the mountains for trekking and climbing, according to an environment official.
If you’re among the annual throng of Mount Banahaw pilgrims during Holy Week, offer the deities not only prayers and candles but also help them turn their spiritual abode into a paradise of lush greens.
