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As a result of this deforestation, the Philippines had one of the highest forest losses in the Asia-Pacific region at the turn of the century. [12] The large extent of forest loss in the country can be illustrated by the change from the country being a “major exporter of tropical logs in the late 1950s until 60s to now being a major importer ...
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources was first established on January 1, 1916, as the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources (DANR) through the enactment of Act No. 2666 by the Philippine Commission, otherwise known as "An Act to Re-organize the Executive Department of the Government of the Philippine Islands," on November 18, 1916.
In November 2020, the DENR transferred its assets from its field offices for Regions 9, 10, and 12 to the MENRE. It also transferred jurisdiction in Bangsamoro managed by these field offices: namely Turtle Islands Wildlife Sanctuary (DENR-9), the Lake Lanao Watershed (DENR-10), and the Liguasan Marsh in (DENR-12). [5]
March 10, 1987 June 10, 1987 Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources [1] (21) Jun Factoran (1943–2020) June 10, 1987 June 30, 1992 Corazon Aquino – [a] Ricardo Umali [19] July 1, 1992 August 31, 1992 Fidel V. Ramos: 22: Angel Alcala (1929–2023) September 8, 1992 June 30, 1995 23: Victor Ramos: July 1, 1995 June 30, 1998 24: Antonio ...
In 2009, two-thirds of the world's forests were located in just 10 countries: Russia, Brazil, Canada, the United States, China, Australia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Indonesia, India, and Peru. [2] Global annual deforestation is estimated to total 13.7 million hectares a year, similar to the area of Greece. Half of the area ...
The unsurprising result of these and related policies is that out of 17 million hectares of closed forests that flourished early in the century only 1.2 million remain today. The Philippines had a 2018 Forest Landscape Integrity Index mean score of 5.91/10, ranking it 91st globally out of 172 countries. [30]
The Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA), one of the attached agencies of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), is responsible for the preservation, development, and sustainability of Laguna de Bay (Laguna Lake) and its 21 major tributary rivers.
The Philippines' Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (Filipino: Kawanihan ng Pangisdaan at Yamang-tubig, [2] abbreviated as BFAR), is an agency of the Philippine government under the Department of Agriculture responsible for the development, improvement, law enforcement, management and conservation of the Philippines' fisheries and aquatic resources.