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DENR-EMB 12, LGU KORONADAL INK MOA ON INSTALLATION OF THE CONTINUOUS AMBIENT MONITORING SYSTEM
Thursday 13th of June 2013
KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, June 13 (PIA)--The city government of Koronadal in South Cotabato and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Environmental Management Bureau (DENR-EMB) in Region 12 signed Tuesday, an agreement for the installation of the Continuous Ambient Monitoring System (CAMS) in the city.
DENR-EMB 12 regional director Ma. Socorro C. Lanto explained that CAMS is helpful in checking the status of the environment as it will monitor the condition of the air, particularly the level of pollution.
Lanto said that since Koronadal is a fast-growing city, the equipment would be advantageous to the residents ...
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07Jul2012DAVAO CITY, July 7 -- The new Director of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Davao said the agency will focus on development to ensure a holistic protection and management of the Environment and Natural Resources. “We shall religiously implement the National Greening Program (NGP) in order to accomplish or even surpass our CY 2012 target which is to plant a total of 6,028,444 covering an area of 12,087 hectares,” said Regional Executive Director (RED) Joselin Ma...
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14Jun2012QUEZON CITY, June 14 (PIA) -- To quickly lessen floating garbage along Manila Bay and nearby areas, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has purchased four trash boats and is planning to purchase 20 more, according to DENR Secretary Ramon J. P. Paje. Paje said the trash boats will be deployed to target local government units (LGUs) in Central Luzon, CALABARZON, and National Capital Region (NCR) for use in the cleanup of coastal and inland waterways and river systems draini...
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07Jun2012TRECE MARTIRES CITY, Cavite, June 7 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)– Cavite and the First Cavite Industrial Estate (FCIE) locators in Dasmariñas City joined hands in a tree planting activity in the observance of the World Environment Day last June 5. A total of 500 mahogany and narra seedlings were planted in about one hectare area in the said industrial subdivision. The activity, which centered on the theme “Green Economy: Does it include you?” was ...
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07Jun2012MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, June 7 (PIA) -- More than 6,000 Lanipao and Narra tree seedlings were planted in the province on June 5 as part of this year's World Environment Day celebrationn. said that. The Philippine National Police has planted around 4,000 tree seedlings in its Municipal Police Stations, while the 103rd Infantry Brigade of the Philippine Army, together with the provincial government were able to plant some 1,000 tree seedlings within Kampo Ranao here, said Cosain Abbas, Lana...
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06Jun2012CEBU CITY, June 6 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has led the start of the month-long celebration of the Environment Month on Monday, June 4. More than 100 participants attended the foot parade with environmental messages and themes. Organized by the DENR-7, the activity highlighted the national celebration with the theme, “Global Economy: Does it include you?” The activity also served as a venue for consultation with the various stakeholders on the pro...
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18May2012LEGAZPI CITY, Albay, May 18 (PIA) -- Bontod reef in Masbate City is fast becoming an eco-tourism destination in Bicol being a marine sanctuary and second most resilient reefs in the Central Philippines, an official of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Bicol said. DENR regional director Joselin Marcus Fragada said sprucing up the Bontod reefs has made the marine sanctuary a showcase of resiliency by exhibiting its ability to recover and return to its desirable state f...
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16May2012QUEZON CITY, May 16 (PIA) -- The local government of Iloilo City, together with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), shall spearhead the 1st Philippine International River Summit on May 30 to June 1. In a press conference last Monday, Iloilo City Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog said the project is beyond mere river clean-up; it is an initiative towards social and economic progress. In 2011, the Iloilo River Development Council, headed by Senator Franklin Drilon, and Iloilo loc...
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16May2012CEBU CITY, May 16 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Central Visayas urges industries to adopt rivers within their areas of operations to help in cleaning the environment specifically riverbanks, 'esteros' and canals. DENR-7, Maritrans Recycler Inc. and Taiheiyo Cement Philippines Inc. inked a memorandum of agreement (MOA) on May 2 at Diamond Hotel in Cebu City under the Adopt-a-River or Estero through the “Linis Estero” program of DENR. DENR-7 regional...
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10May2012TABUK CITY, Kalinga, May 10 -- Members of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, Kalinga Chapter will be going on-the-air through private and government radio stations, to inform and discuss for public information the salient laws pertaining to the protection of the forest and trees in both private and public places. Lawyer Francisco Calsiyao of the Provincial Attorneys’ Office said this is their response to a suggestion by the inter-agency Kapihan members of Kalinga for the lawyers to help...
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03May2012SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, May 3 (PIA) -- La Union police officers have undergone seedling production training recently, which is in line with the memorandum of agreement (MOA) entered into between the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Ecosystem Research and Development Sector (DENR-ERDS) and Philippine National Police (PNP) in support to the National Greening Program. The two-day training on seedling production and maintenance of forest trees, including the indigenous and fruit...
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03May2012QUEZON CITY, May 3 (PIA) -- Seventeen state universities and colleges (SUCs) have been identified by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) that would help in raising quality native tree seedlings and to help achieve 1.5 billion quality planting materials for the 2011-2016 National Greening Program (NGP), a release from the Department said. “We shall have around 29 SUC-based clonal nurseries before the year ends,” Paje said, noting that 12 SUCs have already been enlisted...
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02May2012PAGADIAN CITY, May 2 (PIA) -- To upgrade its capability and data bases using the advance technology, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Region 9 acquired information technology (IT) equipment, which were formally turned over on April 27 at the Liga Convention Center, this city. These consisted of 149 desktop computers (70 sets official standard and 79 official professional), five laptops, 79 printers, and 24 scanners. These equipment were distributed to all provincial/...
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27Apr2012STA. CRUZ, Davao del Sur, April 27 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-11) launched on Tuesday, April 24, its P7.2 million-worth political boundary survey in this town in order to define the metes and bounds of the 18 barangays here. DENR-11’s Lands Management Service (LMS) headed by Regional Technical Director (RTD) for LMS Atty. Felix S. Alicer will spearhead the survey. Alicer oriented the barangay captains about the survey, emphasizing that it is one of the...
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25Apr2012CARMONA, Cavite, April 25 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Environment Management Bureau (DENR-EMB) in Region 4B (Calabarzon) has recognized Carmona town in Cavite for its satisfactory performance in the Solid Waste Management (SWM) implementation and compliance to Republic Act 9003. Republic Act 9003 is, “an act providing for an ecological solid waste management program, creating the necessary institutional mechanisms and incentives, declaring certain acts prohibi...
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18Apr2012CEBU CITY, April 18 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-7) has called for the continued monitoring of the 630-hectare Buhisan Watershed Forest Reserve in Toong, Cebu after a fire of yet an unknown cause hit the watershed Friday. DENR-7 regional executive director Maximo O. Dichoso called for the cooperation of the community living near the tree plantations to help in monitoring the area, and help prevent forest. On Friday, a team of foresters and guards and polic...
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18Apr2012CEBU CITY, April 18 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has explained requirements in the approval of construction of buildings in a forum organized by the Association of Government Information Officers in Region 7. DENR Chief Geologist Al Emil Berador explained during the forum that before a certain company can construct a building, they should comply with the requirements of DENR's Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC). The ECC is a document which affirms...
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13Apr2012ILOILO CITY, April 13 (PIA) -- Thirty police officers of Western Visayas are undergoing a seminar on environmental laws to make them eligible for deputation as Environment and Natural Resources Officers (ENRO). Police Regional Office-6 information officer Sally Manuel said the cops, called “Pulis Kalikasan,” are commissioned and non-commissioned officers from all over the region, including the Regional Public Safety Battalion. The seminar covers topics on environment and natural resources ...
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05Apr2012MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, April 5 (PIA) -- Representatives from various sectors in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) have gathered in a summit to tackle issues and concerns about the environmental protection. Members of various national government agencies, non-government organizations, peoples’ organizations, academicians, environmentalists and leaders from the five provinces of the ARMM attended the summit, anchored on the theme “Beyond Disasters: Mainstreaming Environment...
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04Apr2012CEBU CITY, April 4 (PIA) -- The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB-7) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-7) has intensified its geohazard assessment and the densification project to come up with geohazard maps using a scale of 1:10,000 to magnify critical areas. Recently, a team of geologists from the MGB-7 composed of Maria Elena S. Lupo, Josephine T. Aleta, and Abraham R. Lucero Jr. conducted the assessment covering 133 barangays in five cities and municipalities in ...
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03Apr2012CEBU CITY, April 3 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-7) in Central Visayas is set to conduct a public bidding for the P4.995-million political boundary survey which is a component of a cadastral survey project in Central Visayas on May 2012. In a press release, DENR-7 reported that the project covers 161 barangays in six municipalities such as Argao and Minglanilla with 45 and 19 barangays, respectively; Dauin with 23 barangays, and Zamboanguita with 10 barangay...
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02Apr2012DAGUPAN CITY, Pangasinan, April 2 (PIA) -- The National Anti-Illegal Task Force is set to inspect the extent of illegal logging activities in the forest areas of Mangatarem, Pangasinan and some parts of Zambales province, on April 3. The task force, led by Ret. MGen. Renato Miranda and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Regional Office will join the task force to personally view the national concern on illegal logging. Two weeks ago, the DENR and residents of Mangatarem...
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29Mar2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 29 (PIA) -- With the strict implementation of the logging moratorium, it has been observed that confiscations of transported forest products have been declining, said Forester Bernard Valiente, chief-forest protection division, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Region 2. Valiente stated that as compared to the previous year’s records, there has been a drop in the reported illegal logs that were confiscated in the region, with the only 37,685 board ...
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19Mar2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 19 (PIA) -- To cater to the preparatory education of employees’ children at the regional government center (RGC), Carig, here, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Region 2 is constructing a day care center to be opened for the next school year for the day care children of employees based at the RGC. The building construction had started since October last year and is about to be finished this year ready for the school opening in June. ...
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14Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 14 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has reiterated its appeal to vehicle owners to clean up their emissions to reduce air pollution in Metro Manila. DENR Secretary Ramon J. P. Paje made the appeal as he recently observed the operations of anti-smoke belching unit (ASBU) teams of the local government of Pasig City and the DENR’s Environmental Management Bureau (EMB), along C-5 Road. Paje was accompanied by representati...
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10Mar2012TABUK CITY, Kalinga, March 10 (PIA) -- The Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO) here warned charcoal and firewood traders of the adverse effects of massive cutting of trees that they use as raw material in their trade. PENRO Joseph Insigne issued the warning amidst fears that charcoal and firewood trade in the province will be patronized by many as an effect of the series of price hikes in liquid petroleum gas (LPG). The situation, Ensigne feared, may cau...
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22Feb2012QUEZON CITY, Feb. 22 (PIA) -- The Philippines has been categorized as a global “strong performer” after gaining higher marks in environmental performance, outranking Australia, the United States (USA), Singapore and Bulgaria. In the biennial Environmental Performance Index (EPI) prepared by Yale and Columbia Universities, the Philippines ranked 42 among 132 countries under the “strong performer” category. Meanwhile, Australia was ranked 48th, the USA 49t...
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20Feb2012CLARK FREEPORT, Pampanga, Feb. 21 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) on Thursday honored an upland community leader for her contributions to forests and forestry which paved the way to being named last year as one of the two “Champions of Asia-Pacific Forests” by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UN-FAO). Upland community leader Nely Alzula personally received the distinction from DENR officials during the closing rites of...
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15Feb2012CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro, Feb. 15 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has released more than P5 million to restore the forests of Oriental Mindoro. The DENR released P5,379,830 for the Upland Reforestation Program (UPR), to be divided among the 249 beneficiaries in the municipality of Baco. Congressman Rodolfo G. Valencia of the first district requested the release of the funds to provide jobs to the program partners who will plant trees in...
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15Feb2012ILIGAN CITY, Lanao del Norte, Feb. 15 -- P/Sr. Supt. Celso Regencia assured that the “round timber” that the Philippine National Police (PNP) has confiscated as it was hauled along the highway at Sta. Felomina will be turned over to Mayor Lawrence Ll. Cruz. The city police director said there were several people that tried to get logs placed at the office of the PNP-Traffic Division. Initial investigation by the police showed that the logs came from a private proper...
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14Feb2012ILOILO CITY, Feb. 14 (PIA 6) -- The province of Guimaras is not just home to what is tagged as the “sweetest mangoes in the world,” but to some 21 species of migratory birds, according to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Western Visayas. The Provincial Environment Resources Office-Guimaras has recorded the presence of these birds in five sites in the province, under the Asian Waterbird Census (AWC). DENR-6 Director Julian Amador said the...
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14Feb2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Feb. 13 (PIA) -- Cagayan Valley environment regional executive director Forester Benjamin Tumaliaun has urged local chief executive and other local officials to help curb illegal logging activities within the forest covers in their areas of jurisdiction. “It is very sad to think that there are some municipalities in Cagayan that give lukewarm efforts to curb illegal logging activities in the jurisdiction. How I wish that they will have the passion, fervor, commitm...
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14Feb2012OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, Feb. 14 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has thanked the city government of Ozamiz for implementing Executive Order 001, Series of 2012, of Mayor Nova Princess E. Parojinog-Echavez. The said EO suspended the quarry operations along the river systems and banned the cutting of trees within the city. Forester Mercy Uy of the City Environment and Natural Resources said the implementation of EO 001 is a great help i...
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11Feb2012CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, Feb. 11 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) campaigns with partners in advocating the National Greening Program (NGP) as President Benigno S. Aquino III declared the implementation of Executive Order 26 or the National Greening Program as a government priority. “Our current reforestation efforts are ineffective and inefficient so there’s this new strategy called NGP,” Dr. Cleofe Torres, Dean of the Development Com...
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10Feb2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, Feb. 10 (PIA) -- Authorities has started mapping riverbanks in upland communities to ready possible areas for rehabilitation. Felix S. Mirasol, Jr., chief of Bukidnon Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENR) and protected area superintendent for Mt. Kitanglad Range Natural Park said this during the “Cagayan de Oro Watershed Conference” held in the city recently. Mirasol recommended planting of bamboo trees alo...
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03Feb2012CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela, Feb. 3 (PIA) -- City government officials are set to meet today to draft an action plan in preparation for the onset of La Nina this year. City planning and development coordinator Oliver Francsico said that the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) has predicted that there is a possibility of the onset of La Nina this year and it will be felt during the second to third quarter of this year. Francisco said the city g...
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02Feb2012CEBU CITY, February 2 (PIA) --- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-7) has completed the assessment and delineation of boundaries between forestlands, national parks and agricultural lands in Central Visayas totaling 8,838.355 kilometers. This came after the Regional Assessment and Delineation Teams (RADT) and Land Evaluation Party (LEP) were organized in 2008 to gather the necessary data, inventory, compile and integrate available reference maps, textual and tabular i...
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02Feb2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, February 2 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) here exceeded the targeted number of land titles which were processed and distributed last year to applicants. Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Officer (PENRO) Henry Patricio said they were able to achieve 116 percent accomplishment last year on free patents for residential and agricultural lands in the province. For residential free patent titling, DENR we...
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01Feb2012QUEZON CITY, Feb. 1 (PIA) -- Joint operatives from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources - Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (DENR-CENRO) Calapan and elements of the Philippine National Police caught a truck (wing van) with plate no. RTJ-331 loaded with undocumented forest products at San Antonio, Calapan City Pier, Oriental Mindoro. As reported to the Regional Executive Director (RED) Concordio D. Zuñiga, the truck was loaded with undocumented...
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01Feb2012BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 1 (PIA) -- Four cabinet secretaries of the Aquino administration are set to grace the turnover of initial 6,000 chairs to some elementary and high schools here on February 3, 2012 at the Butuan Central Elementary School (BCES) covered court. According to report, Department of Education Sec. Armin Luistro will lead the party, composed of Sec. Ramon Paje of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Sec. Emmanuel Joel Villanueva of the Technical Educati...
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31Jan2012ILOILO CITY, Jan. 31 (PIA) -- Various activities have been lined up by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources 6 through its Protected Areas and Wildlife Coastal Zones Management Services to mark the celebration of World Wetlands Day in Iloilo on February 2. DENR 6 reported that an educational tour will be conducted at Banate Bay which is situated within the municipalities of Barotac Nuevo, Anilao, Banate and Barotac Viejo, Iloilo. The educational tour will include waterbird wa...
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31Jan2012SAN JOSE, Antique, Jan. 31 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources will spearhead the mangrove tree planting in observance of the World Wetlands Day on February 2, 2012. Based on the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (www.ramsar.org), February 2 each year is World Wetlands Day. It marks the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands on February 2, 1971, in the Iranian city of Ramsar on the shores of the Caspian Sea. In Antique, according to Vivia...
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30Jan2012BUTUAN CITY, Jan. 30 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Caraga Region is set to produce 1.4 million pieces of seedlings of fruit trees and indigenous and premium species for its reforestation activities under the National Greening Program (NGP) this year. DENR Regional Executive Director Leonardo Sibbaluca said senior forest officials of the PENRO and CENR offices in the five provinces of Caraga region have made the commitment of this large seedl...
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30Jan2012Some cabinet secretaries will converge on the morning of February 3, 2012 at the Butuan Central Elementary School (BCES) for a short program. They will lock arms to purposely do a ceremonial turnover ceremony for an initial batch of 6,000 armchairs at the adjacent Agusan National High School (ANHS), both of which are located in this city. Secretaries Armin A. Luistro, Ramon J. Paje, and Emmanuel Joel J. Villanueva of the Department of Education (DepEd), Department of Environmen...
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29Jan2012MANILA, Jan. 29 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) are now working actively to prevent and eliminate marine pollution. In a statement, both agencies said they are doubling their efforts to address the problem of pollution threatening the country’s fish supplies. In coordination with other concerned government agencies, the BFAR continues to intensify its efforts towards the complete elim...
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28Jan2012BUTUAN CITY, Jan. 28 (PIA) -- Deeply concerned regarding the series of calamities that brought flood waters and landslides, the Aquino administration, through the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), stepped up the government’s environment preservation and forest protection without any preservation, and also pushed the “greening” program in Mindanao. In his directive to all regional directors, city, and provincial environment and natural reso...
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26Jan2012NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Jan. 26 (PIA6) - - World Wetland Day is celebrated every 2nd of February each year as part of the country’s commitment to the Convention on Wetlands or the Ramsar Convention. Proclamation No. 74 dated February 2, 1999 also declared the celebration of the National Wetlands Day. The World Wetland’s Day theme for 2012 is “WETLANDS AND TOURISM” where wetland tourism has benefits both locally and nationally for people and wildlife. These benefits in...
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25Jan2012PALO, Leyte, January 25 (PIA) -- The Mines and Geoscience Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Eastern Visayas has recommended to DENR Secretary Ramon Paje the suspension of all the small scale mining permits in Eastern Samar. MGB Region 8 Director Roger de Dios said he has made the recommendation through a communication which was sent in December 2011, addressed to MGB Director, Engr. Leo L. Jasareno, copy furnished the DENR Secretary. Director de Dios said tha...
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24Jan2012CEBU CITY, Jan. 24 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR7) is set to donate and turn over confiscated forest products without court cases to the Department of Education (DepEd7). With an estimated value of P613,944.24, a total of 36,593.76 board feet of Mahogany, Gmelina, Bagalunga, Makaasim, Molave, Narra, Teak, Sangilo and Acacia lumber pieces, were found to be free from all liens and encumbrances with no cases filed in court, according to the DENR. ...
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19Jan2012by Eric F. Gallego BUTUAN CITY, Jan. 19 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Caraga has disposed some P4.6 million worth of confiscated logs to the the Department of Education (DepEd), local government unit, the Philippine National Police (PNP) and military sector. This represents a total of 1,294 cubic meters of logs and 58,317.73 bd.ft of lumber and flitches products. Regional Executive Director Leonardo R. Sibbaluca said the DepEd/Techni...
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19Jan2012QUEZON CITY, Jan. 19 (PIA) -- Air quality in Metro Manila has improved by 32 percent, exceeding the original 30 percent target set by Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Environmental Management Bureau (DENR-EMB). This was announced by EMB’s Policy and Planning Division Chief Ma. Victoria Abrera in today’s episode of Talking Points radio program aired over ‘Radyo ng Bayan’ stations nationwide. According to Abrera, Metro Manila’s total s...
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17Jan2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Jan. 17 (PIA) -- The German Development Corporation (GIZ) and the provincial government of Negros Oriental, together with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), recently signed a memorandum of agreement to sustain partnership in forestland management. Under the agreement, the GIZ will provide P100 million grant for technical and financial support to the province’s effort to protect and preserve forest cover in its Forest Land Use Plan (FLUP). The ...
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16Jan2012by Merlito G. Edale, Jr. ILAGAN, Isabela, January 16 (PIA) -- The Cagayan Valley’s Department of Environment and Natural Resources chief has urged the provincial leadership of Isabela to establish a functional risk reduction and management operations center exclusively for the monitoring of calamities that may hit the province. DENR 2 director Benjamin Tumaliuan said during the first ever Climate Change Summit held at the provincial capitol last week that necessary equipment and manp...
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07Jan2012TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Jan. 7 (PIA) -- Bohol governor Edgar Chatto urges local government units (LGUs) in the province to find creative solutions in waste management and garbage problem or Bohol government may be sued administratively for failure to comply with Republic Act 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Program. Chatto admits that “no LGU in Bohol could sufficiently say they have complied with the provisions of the Ecological Solid Waste Management Law.” &n...
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31Dec2011OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, Dec. 31 (PIA) -- Water distribution in evacuation centers (EC’s) for Typhoon Sendong victims in Cagayan de Oro (CDO) will continue, as the need arises. This assurance came from Ana Caňeda, Chairperson of the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) region 10, after water connections by the Cagayan de Oro Water District (COWD) had been restored in some parts of the city, although with lesser pressure, as of yesterday, Dec. 30...
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31Dec2011KORONADAL CITY, Dec. 31 (PIA) -- Besides being careful with injuries that firecrackers could inflict on irresponsible and careless users, the public should also be concerned with the pollution as massive use of firecrackers and fireworks could cause to the environment, an official of the regional office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-12) said. Mila Calungsod – Locsin, information officer of DENR-12, said level of poll...
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20Dec2011KORONADAL CITY, Dec. 20 (PIA) -- Local government units in Soccsksargen Region or Region 12 are extending help to victims of tropical storm Sendong. Among those who have responded to calls for assistance are South Cotabato, General Santos City, and Sarangani Province. South Cotabato Gov. Arthur Y. Pingoy Jr. during the Christmas party of the provincial press corps last night, said the Sangguniang Panlalawigan has “approved in principle” his request for a P1.5 millio...
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16Dec2011CEBU CITY, December 17 (PIA) --- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources has confiscated over 440.8 cubic meters of forest products from January to November 2011, estimated to cost P13.436 million. DENR regional executive director Maximo Dichoso said, thse are in violation of PD-705 or the Forestry Code of the Philippines and DENR Department Administrative Order # 97-32. “The confiscation was undertaken due to the absence of transport documents from its origin, and ...
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15Dec2011MANILA, Dec. 15 (PIA)-- The Philippine experience in land administration and management has been featured as an example of successful solution in supporting rural and agricultural development during the 2011 Global South-South Development Expo. The Expo, held December 5-9, 2011, at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations in Rome, Italy attended by close to 250 high-level delegates, featured the Second Land Administration and Management Project (LAMP2) of the Ph...
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15Dec2011KORONADAL CITY, Dec. 15 (PIA) -- Personnel of the Provincial Environment Management Office (PEMO) of South Cotabato have seized 75 sacks of gold ore illegally transported from mineral-rich Barangay Kematu in T’boli town on Tuesday. Engr. Siegfred Flaviano, acting provincial environment management officer said, the ore were sequestered at the PEMO checkpoint in Kematu around 6:00 p.m. on December 13 after those who transported the materials failed to present ore transport permit an...
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07Dec2011KORONADAL CITY, Dec 7 -- The tarsier research and conservation project in barangay Linan, South Cotabato will resume on Dec. 9, the municipal government of Tupi announced. Statement from the office of Tupi Mayor Reynaldo Tamayo Jr. said, Dr. Pierre Fidenci, president and founder of the conservation group, Endangered Species International (ESI) arrived in November to prepare the logistics for the coming of four researchers that will study the habitat of the primates inside the Mt. Matutum Protec...
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04Dec2011CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, Dec. 4 (PIA) -- Unified Task Force Iponan signed a Memorandum on Agreement (MOA) against illegal mining on Dec. 1, at the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), region 10. The MOA defines the respective roles and commitments of every agency or line agencies and the local government units (LGUs), and map out the operational plan for the apprehension and confiscation of illegal mining activities in the area. Director ...
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02Dec2011KORONADAL CITY, Dec. 2 (PIA) -- Some 1,600 geckos rescued in a raid in General Santos City are now back into the wild. SSupt. Albert Ignatius Ferro, regional director of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG-12) in an interview with a local radio station here said personnel from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and CIDG released the geckos (tuko) in an area near the famous Seven Falls in Lake Sebu, Sou...
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02Nov2011CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, Nov. 2 (PIA) -- At least nine local government units (LGU’s), in region 10, have forged a memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), for the computerization of their land records, as of May, this year. Covered by for computerization are the land records of a total of 13,068,398 parcels of lands, Paquito D. Melicor, Jr., Regional Director of the Land Management Bureau (LMB), DENR-10, sai...
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29Oct2011CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, Oct. 29 (PIA) -- The Regional Development Council, Northern Mindanao (RDC-X) has urged local government units (LGUs) of the region to forge a memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Region 10 for the computerization of their land records. The computerization of the land records will not only assist DENR-10 in improving its land-related services but will also provide benefits to the LGUs, Paquito...
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06Sep2011KORONADAL CITY, Sept 6 (PIA) -- Officials of the local government units, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), mining firm Sagittarius Mines Inc., and three people’s organizations recently signed a memorandum of agreement for the protection and management of upland forest areas in Tampakan town. The agreement for an Adopt-A-Community-Based Forest Management (CBFM) project is being implemented in accordance with President Benig...
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30Aug2011ZAMBOANGA CITY, Aug. 30 (PIA) - - The city government of Zamboanga recognized the tourism efforts of the Zamboanga Adventure Tourism and Eco Recreation Society (ZATERS), a multi sectoral group being lead by the Philippine Information Agency 9-Department of Tourism-Department of Environment and Natural Resources (PIA-DOT-DENR) and SPELEO-Zamboanga. In its first year anniversary held over the weekend at the city’s favorite hang-out park-Paseo Del Mar, Mayor Celso Lobregat in his keyn...
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01Aug2011KORONADAL CITY, Aug 1 (PIA) -– Panay Elementary School in Sto. Niño, South Cotabato and Tulunan National High School in Tulunan, North Cotabato were recently declared Most Sustainable and Eco-friendly Schools in Region 12 in elementary and secondary levels, respectively. The regional office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Region XII through the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB), which also declared Notre Dame of Marbel University in...
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17Jul2011CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, July 17 (PIA) – Secretary Ramon Paje of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has called on the officials of local government units (LGU’s) in the country to study their geo-hazard maps. Paje sounded the call during a recent Communication and News Exchange (CNEX) Forum held at the Philippine Information Agency, Quezon City, aired over Radio ng Bayan, and NBN 4 Channel. The Secretary, who is a member of the Climate C...
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13Jul2011TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, July 13 (PIA) -- A wounded Philippine Eagle was retrieved recently by the Department of Natural Resources (DENR) in Calbiga, Samar. According to the reports gathered by the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) from the DENR Regional Eagle Watch Team (REWT), the mighty bird was found at Brgy Buluan in Calbiga, Samar by a group of hunters named Pastor Abanag, Abar Galvez and Noynoy Mabahin. It was also learned that the eagle was seen weak and stressed due to a...
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08Jul2011CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, July 8 (PIA) -- Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) Region 3 bared yesterday that it had accomplished 99 percent of its target in the “Use it or Lose it” policy a year after its implementation. MGB Central Luzon information officer Flor Miranda revealed that they were able to review and process 237 out of the 240 mining applications submitted and from these, only 13 were endorsed to the head office for approval. Most of the denie...
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01Jul2011CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, July 1 (PIA) -- Around 60 farmers and community organizations from the upland and lowland areas of Central Luzon joined the recently concluded 1st Agrikultura Trade Fair (ATF) of the Departments of Agriculture (DA), Agrarian Reform (DAR), and Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in SM Megamall. Among Region 3’s products that were featured include garlic and onions harvested by DA-assisted farmers; veggie pancit canton noodles, minasa, pas...
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28Jun2011ILOILO CITY, June 28 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Western Visayas is urging all residential landowners to apply for a free patent or land title for their claimed properties. An occupant of a public residential lot can apply and get a free land title, under Republic Act 10023, or the Residential Land Patent Act of 2010. DENR-6 Regional Executive Director Julian Amador said RA 1003 includes the titling of residential lots where the...
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18May2011How would you like to be part of the government’s effort in reforesting 1.5 million hectares of the country’s degraded forest lands? Impossible as it may seem when we are in different places of the country. But, not anymore. With the National Greening Program’s website, anybody who wishes to volunteer may do so by registering on line. Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)- IX chief Information Officer (IO) Roservirico Tan in a press statement said the NG...
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12May2011ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 12 (PIA) -- May is “Ocean Month” as declared through Presidential Proclamation No. 57 issued by former President Joseph Estrada on January 9, 1999 and since then relevant national agencies, local government and other government agencies have been conducting activities that highlight the conservation, protection and sustainable management of Philippine coastal and ocean resources. “To adapt to the devastating effect of the coastal and marine destructio...
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12May2011KORONADAL CITY, May 12 (PIA) -- A joint operation of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Region 12, Provincial Environment Management Office (PEMO) and the South Cotabato Police Command yesterday confiscated 12,987.74 board feet of illegally cut logs in a warehouse in Barangay Tasiman, Lake Sebu, South Cotabato. Forester Leonisa Alfaro, DENR-South Cotabato's Chief of the Community-Based Management Unit said, authorities raided a newly-bui...
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28Apr2011Zamboanga City, Apr. 28 (PIA) -- To underscore the importance of forests in the survival of human race, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) launched yesterday the National Year of Forests (NYF). With the theme “Forests for people,” the launching hopes to convey the message that people and forests has synergetic relationship wherein forests provide benefits to man and man must care for forests to continue being recipient of its benefits, says DENR Chief ...
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17Apr2011DAVAO CITY, April 17 (PIA) – In keeping a tight watch on illegal logging activities, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has maintained its checkpoints in strategic locations across the region. In coordination with the police, military and local government units, DENR has retained the 11 checkpoints out of the 23 previously established to strengthen its monitoring on illegal logging activities. DENR checkpoints were put up in Cateel, Tarragona, Banaybanay an...
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11Apr2011ZAMBOANGA CITY, April 11 (PIA) -- Who would ever imagine that the city has its own version of mini "Baguio City" where one has to use jacket even if it's high noon because the area is blessedly enveloped with "natural air-condition", more so, it gets freezingly cold in the middle of the night till dawn. At least thirty members and guests of the Zamboanga Adventure Tourism and Eco Recreation Society (ZATERS) were lucky to have experienced nature's best at the "Balu...
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06Apr2011ZAMBOANGA CITY, April 06 (PIA) –- The public is invited to have a “different” kind of summer experience. Commune with nature and be one with the waves of the jungle. The Zamboanga Adventure Tourism and Eco Recreation Society (ZATERS) in partnership with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Philippine Information Agency (PIA), and SPELEO-Zamboanga is spearheading the conduct of “Summer Adventure Camp” set on April 9-10 at the Baluno Ecol...
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01Apr2011ZAMBOANGA CITY, Apr. 01 (PIA) –- The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) is successful in “cleansing” half of all pending mining applications filed in various regional offices nationwide, this according to Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) 9 Information Officer Roservirico Tan. Tan in a press statement said MGB central office Acting Director Leo Jasareno reported that the bureau was able to take action on a total of 1,150 mining applications, or 53 p...
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01Apr2011ZAMBOANGA CITY, April 01 (PIA) –- “There is a need for active support from the local government units (LGUs) to properly address the degrading water quality of rivers in Metro Manila and other urban centers nationwide.” This was underscored by Environment Assistant Secretary Analiza Teh. Teh made this emphasis during a forum held Thursday. Teh’s call was in line with the setting up of Water Quality Management Areas (WQMA) ordered by Department of Environment and N...
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29Mar2011DAVAO CITY, March 29 (PIA) – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in the region clarified that Executive Order No. 23 is not imposing a total log ban, saying it is only declaring a moratorium on timber cutting and harvesting in natural and residual forests. Issued by President Benigno Aquino on February 1 this year, EO 23 which took effect on March 7 declared a moratorium on the cutting and harvesting of timber in the natural and residual forests of the entire countr...
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27Mar2011ZAMBOANGA CITY, March 27 (PIA) –- Close to 200 bikers from the various bikers association in the city showed strong support in the fight against global warming by riding on their mountain bikes during the world observance of Earth Hour, Saturday night (Mar. 26). Dubbed as "Earth Hour bike-riding beyond the Hour" the activity, organized and spearheaded by The Zamboanga Adventure Tourism and Eco Recreation Society (ZATERS) in partnership with the Department of Tourism (DOT) 9, Phi...
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24Mar2011ZAMBOANGA CITY, March 24 (PIA) –- In observance of Earth Hour, the Zamboanga Adventure Tourism and Eco-Recreation Society (ZATERS) and Lacuachero outdoor shop, in partnership with the Department of Tourism (DOT) and Philippine Information Agency (PIA), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and SPELEO Zamboanga is set to conduct “Earth Hour Bike, going beyond the hour” activity on March 26. The activity aims to raise the level of awareness on biking” as a...
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22Mar2011DAVAO CITY, March 22 (PIA) -- The civil society organizations (CSOs) in Davao Region have called for the enforcement of total log ban and the stoppage of plantation explansions in a bid to protect and preserve the environment from further destruction. This call came out in a recent interfacing activity with various private and public stakeholders which the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) spearheaded to discuss issues and concerns about the environment. The group cited th...
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19Mar2011ZAMBOANGA CITY, March 19 (PIA) -- The government, in partnership with private environmental network will soon launch Zero Basura Olympics (ZBO), an undertaking that will recognize best pratices of students and schools in solid waste management. ZBO will be jointly implemented by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), the Department of Education (DepEd), the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), and Earth Day Network Philippines (EDNP), a private organization. Roservirico ...
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16Mar2011KORONADAL CITY, Mar. 16 (PIA) -- The regional office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the city government of Koronadal recently agreed to work together for environmental improvement of Bulok Creek. Bulok Creek, which cuts across the city center, poses problems to residents here since it overflows during heavy rains. DENR 12 Regional Executive Director Alfredo S. Pascual and Koronadal Mayor Peter B. Miguel recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding under the ...
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11Mar2011KORONADAL CITY, Mar. 11 (PIA) -- Mining has benefits too. This is the primary focus of an information-education campaign that the region 12 office of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural (MGB-DENR 12) is planning to conduct soon. MGB 12 Regional Director Constancio Paje Jr. said they are strengthening their information-education campaign to explain the benefits that communities can gain with the presence of legal mining operations in the...
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21Feb2011ZAMBOANGA CITY, Feb. 21 (PIA) -- The Mines and Geo-sciences Bureau (MGB) here has deferred from accepting and processing new mining applications following the directive of Environment Secretary Ramon J.P. Paje. Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Information Officer Roservirico Tan in a press statement said, Secretary Paje has directed all regional directors of MGB, an attach agency of DENR, to refrain from accepting and processing new mining applications nationwide, such as ...
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26Jan2011ZAMBOANG CITY, Jan 26 (PIA 9) – February 2 marks the international celebration of the World Wetlands Day (WWD). In the Philippines, this celebration is being spearheaded by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and is anchored on the theme “Forests for Water and Wetlands”. “In the regional setting, DENR through the Protected Areas Wildlife and Coastal Management Services (PAWCZMS) will undertake various activities to generate public awareness ...
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20Jan2011DAVAO CITY, Jan. 20 (PIA) – Bat conservationists are eyeing local community partnership in protecting caves used by bats as roosting places. “Caves are very good for bats. First there is a constant environment, it is dry and there is running water available,” said Nina Ingle, Philippine liaison officer of the Bat Conservation International, a group dedicated to the protection and conservation of these winged mammals. Ingle said that bat caves also give the bats a sanct...
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16Jul2010CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (16 July) -- Some 10,090.25 cubic meters (cu.m.) of wood products valued at US$2.291M have been exported by Northern Mindanao during the 1st quarter of 2010. This volume of wood exports was actually lower by 17.41 percent compared to 12,217 cu.m. exported by the region in the first quarter of 2009, but higher by 6.91 percent in value compared to US$2.143M, also in the same period. Of these wood exports, finished wood products posted an increase of 19.85 percent i...
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