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The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (Filipino: Kagawaran ng Kapaligiran at Likas na Yaman), abbreviated as DENR, is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for the conservation, management, development, and proper use of the country’s environment in natural resources, specifically forest and grazing lands, mineral resources, including those in ...
Under this order, local communities can obtain long term tenure rights to forest land and resource use permits (RUPs) from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), provided that they employ environmentally friendly, ecologically sustainable and labour-intensive harvesting methods. [5]
For perspective, in 2016, the Division of Mining, land and water generated $28.4 million through the authorization of state lands and water. [citation needed] Once again, the balance between doing what is prudent for the economy and doing justice to the land and resources is a constant balancing act for the Alaska Department of Natural Resources.
Afognak (Alutiiq: Agw’aneq; [1] Russian: Афогнак [2]) is an island in the Kodiak Archipelago 5 km (3.1 mi) north of Kodiak Island in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is 43 miles (69 km) long from east to west and 23 miles (37 km) wide from north to south and has a land area of 1,812.58 km 2 (699.84 sq mi), making it the 18th largest island ...
Afognak (/ ə ˈ f ɒ ɡ n æ k /; also Agw'aneq [1] in Alutiiq was an Alutiiq village on the island of Afognak in Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska, United States. It was located on Afognak Bay on the southwest coast of the island, three miles north of Kodiak Island. [2] The site is now within the CDP of Aleneva.
Dec. 17—The Honolulu Planning Commission has voted to adopt a state special-use permit to allow Kualoa Ranch Inc. to expand business operations at its Windward Oahu property.
The Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge includes the southwestern two-thirds of Kodiak Island, Uganik Island, the Red Peaks area of Afognak Island and all of Ban Island in the archipelago. It encompasses 1,990,418 acres (8,054.94 km 2). [2] The refuge is administered from offices in Kodiak. The refuge contains seven major rivers and about 100 streams.
Afognak Forest and Fish Culture was established by the United States General Land Office in Alaska on December 24, 1892, as a forest preserve. It covered 403,640 acres (1,633.5 km 2 ) in 1905, when the forest reserves were transferred to the U.S. Forest Service .