DENR Central Visayas conduct Benchmarking Tour in Balinsasayao Twin Lakes Natural Park and Material Recovery Facility in Barangay Candau-ay, Dumaguete City.

Participants are the Information Officers of DENR-PENROs, CENROs, EMB, Philippine Information Agency 7-Info Center Head Negros, the 4H Club Members of Magatas, the SK Chairman and councilor of Barangay San Antonio, Barangay Captain of Maningcao ,  people’s organization and other stakeholders.

The said activity includes environmental education on Solid Waste Management, protected areas, poster making contest, photo/video documentation to tell a story for sharing the experience in the social media platform.

Learnings on the best practices of the Material Recovery Facility (MRF) in Barangay Candau-ay shows the usefulness of pyrolysis machines that will convert garbage into useful by-products such as hollow blocks, plastic chairs and for organic fertilizer. The City is already implementing the safe closure and rehabilitation plan of the open dumpsite which is already approved by the DENR.

They also enjoyed the beauty of nature, have fun and the cleanliness of the Balinsasayao Twin Lakes Natural Park, one of the protected area with best practices in solid waste management.

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Published: 29 November 2022

Miss Earth 2022 candidates (Eco Group) experience enjoyable moments while nature trekking and boating today at the Balinsasayao Twin Lakes Natural Park (BTLNP) in Negros Oriental.

The visit is part of their itinerary aimed to showcase beautiful ecotourism destinations at the same time advocate environmental awareness, protection, and conservation.

The candidates are from Bolivia, Chile, DR Congo, Haiti, India, Iraq, Kosovo, Mexico, Montenegro, Namibia, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Portugal, Scotland, Thailand, and Uganda.

Miss Earth is a beauty event whose raison d'etre was to have its candidates and winners actively promote and get involved in the preservation of the environment and the protection of the Earth and apart from a strong emphasis on environmental protection programs, MISS EARTH also aims to showcase and promote various tourist destinations.

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Published: 29 November 2022

Municipal Government of Minglanilla, Cebu and DENR Central Visayas inked MOA to protect forests

With the preservation of its forest one of top priorities, the Minglanilla Municipal Government through Mayor Rajiv Enad signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to craft and implement a Forest Land Use Plan (FLUP).

While the management of the country’s natural resources rests primarily on the DENR, the Municipal Government also shares in the responsibility.

Minglanilla is home to the country’s first reforestation project which is more than a century old.

In the MOA signed this afternoon by Mayor Rajiv and DENR 7 Director Pacquito Melicor Jr., they agreed to “formulate and legitimize” the FLUP.

The FLUP will define the strategies “to conserve the forest and water biodiversity resources” in Minglanilla, to ensure the sustainable development of the forest and forest reserves in the town for today’s use and “for generations yet to come.”

“With this memorandum of agreement with DENR as well as implementing and releasing our forest land use plan for the next ten years. We hope that Minglanilla’s development will be sustainable in the next ten years,“ Mayor Rajiv said.

Witnesses in the ceremony were the Municipal Council headed by Vice Mayor Lani Peña, Atty. Jesus “Boyet” Velez, chairman for the environment committee, Irene O. Anonar, MLGOO, Charlie E. Fabre OIC- Assistant Regional Director for Technical Services, Jose Cleo Cary F. Colis PENRO, Raul C. Pasoc CENRO, and Engr. Ivanlee Montejo, MENRO.
Press Release and Photo Release by MAYOR RAJIV ENAD official Facebook page

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Published: 24 October 2022

DENR7 Regional Executive Driector Paquito D. Melicor, Jr graced the inauguration and blessing of the Anti-Environmental Crime Task Force (AECTF) Monitoring Station in Bulwang, Mabinay, Negros Oriental last Oct. 14, 2022.

RED Melicor thanked the donor of the modular van- type building, Mr. Reynald Uy of DUCOMI Dumaguete City and acknowledged the collective effort of the people behind the successful installation of the AECTF monitoring station.

He said the station will serve as a checkpoint station of the multisectoral team specially created to enforce the full and strict implementation of environmental laws and regulations.

The event was attended by partner agencies Philippine Army 11th IB, Philippine National Police Mabinay Station and the Regional Mobile Force Battalion, LGU Mabinay, and BLGU Bulwang.

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Published: 19 October 2022

CENRO TALIBON, BOHOL: A Multi-Partite Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the Provincial Government of Bohol (PGBh), DENR, and among other 24 partners from NGAs, CSOs, Academe, LGU, religious groups, civic organizations, and private sectors was signed to legally bind and give full support to the “Trees for Unity Program”.

Present at the event were signatories Regional Executive Director of DENR-7, RED Paquito D. Melicor, Jr. and Bohol Governor Honorable Erico Aristotle Aumentado and the rest of the partners and representatives finalized the agreement in a ceremony held on September 28 at 9:00 am at the Ceremonial Hall, New Capitol Building, Tagbilaran City, Bohol.

The Bohol’s Trees for Unity Program aims to unite and mobilize Boholano citizens in protecting, conserving, and managing its environment and natural resources. Moreover, it is a collective effort and action among these entities to respond to the need to rehabilitate, restore, protect and conserve the damaged Enhanced National Greening Program (ENGP) plantations brought by typhoon Odette and the remaining denuded forestland within the province.

Furthermore, this program will establish an initial 100 hectares in San Vicente, Ubay, Bohol which will be divided among the named partners.

 Among these are the partners include: the Office of 1^st District Representative Atty. Edgar M. Chatto, Office of the 2^nd District Representative Maria Vanessa C. Aumentado, Office of the 3^rd District Representative Alexie B. Tutor; Sangguniang Kabataan Provincial Federation of Bohol, Local Government of Ubay, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)-47IB, Bohol Provincial Police Office (BPPO), Bohol Island State University (BISU), Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP), Brotherhood Christian for Businessmen and Professionals (BCBP), Community Based Forest Management Agreement Federation of Bohol (CBFMAFB), Bohol Small Scale Mining Asso. (BSSMA), Bureau of Fire and Protection (BFP), Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP), Department of Agrarian (DAR-BOHOL), Department of Agriculture (DA-BOHOL), Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG-BOHOL), Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD-BOHOL), Department of Education (DEPED-BOHOL), Philippine Coast-Guard (PCG), Philippine Port Authority (PPA), Alturas Group of Companies, Enhanced National Greening  Program (ENGP), Bohol Quality (BQ), PhilHealth, Society of Filipino Forester Inc. (SFFI-Bohol Chapter) and LGU-Ubay.

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Published: 04 October 2022