‘Ecogovernance’ focus of Earth Day
By DJ Yap
It’s Earth Day on Monday, when the world focuses on the state of the global environment and what should be done about it.
It’s Earth Day on Monday, when the world focuses on the state of the global environment and what should be done about it.
Xstrata’s Sagittarius Mines Inc. (SMI) might finally be able to secure an environmental compliance certificate (ECC) but it could still not operate as the mining company has to comply with other requirements, Environment Secretary Ramon Paje said here last week.
Environment Secretary Ramon Paje on Saturday lauded a project of the Department of Education to plant at least five native tree species on school campuses, saying it will boost the government’s urban greening program.
Help clean the air by leaving your car at home on Sunday.
The burning of garbage in one’s backyard is among the common practices the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) hopes to put an end to following an agreement with several cities to minimize toxic emissions from household trash.
Environment Secretary Ramon Paje has cleared the chief of the anti-illegal logging task force of any irregularity and called the latter’s meeting with suspected illegal loggers in Mindanao a simple “error of judgment.”
Weeks before he died, Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo confronted the head of the government’s anti-illegal logging task force about a “worrisome” meeting he had with people with logging interests in the Caraga region, Environment Secretary Ramon Paje said Saturday.
The best way for government officials to honor the memory of Interior Secretary Jesse M. Robredo is by rededicating themselves to the ideals of public service, Environment Secretary Ramon Paje said on Wednesday.
Environment Secretary Ramon Paje said extreme rainfall brought by either storms or the southwest monsoon (habagat) is the new normal because of climate change.
The plan of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to transfer “Lolong” the giant crocodile to the Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Center in Quezon City was met with opposition from the mayor of Bunawan, Agusan del Sur.
Environment Secretary Ramon Paje wants to militarize the campaign against illegal loggers in the countryside, noting their increasing danger to forest rangers, some 20 of whom have been killed in the line of duty since 2010.
Environment Secretary Ramon Paje wants to deploy the military in the campaign against illegal loggers in the countryside, noting the increasing danger to forest rangers, some 20 of whom have been killed in the line of duty since 2010.
Saying it’s not enough that illegal log shipments are apprehended, Environment Secretary Ramon Paje has created two teams to go after illegal loggers in Mindanao and look into the possible participation of his own personnel into the matter.
