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The Department of Environment and Natural Resources is responsible for creating, supporting, and enforcing policies on environmental protection by the Philippine government. The department is also tasked with ensuring sustainable management of the Philippines' natural resources. [73]
On March 11, 2024, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources' Toni Yulo-Loyzaga and the European Union launched the €60 million (P3.67 billion) "Green Economy Programme for the Philippines" in the form of a grant from 2023 to 2028 to mitigate environmental degradation and combat climate change to foster economic growth and social ...
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 ...
The Philippine Senate Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change is a standing committee of the Senate of the Philippines.. This committee was formed after the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources and the Committee on Climate Change were merged on September 3, 2019, pursuant to Senate Resolution No. 9 of the 18th Congress.
Secretary of Environment, Energy and Natural Resources [18] (20) Carlos Dominguez III (born 1945) February 11, 1987 March 9, 1987 Corazon Aquino: 21: Jun Factoran (1943–2020) 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 ...
The Philippines has a 53% renewable, 66.8% green, and self-sufficient electricity generation mix. Environmental organisations like Greenpeace are dissatisfied with these numbers, however, because coal still accounts for 37% of power generation. The economic gains of renewable energy usage in the Philippines have not benefited the rural poor ...
Protected areas in the Philippines encompasses 4,620,000 hectares (11,400,000 acres) of terrestrial areas and 3,140,000 hectares (7,800,000 acres) of marine areas. [1] They are managed according to the following classifications described in Section 4 of the National Integrated Protected Areas System Act of 1992 (NIPAS Act).
The counterpart bills in the Senate stalled in the committee on the environment. [48] Environmental groups have called for a review the Philippine Mining Act, the Fisheries Code, the Comprehensive Land Use Plan, and the Expanded National Integrated Protected Areas System Act to ensure responsible environmental and natural resources management.