DENR MANDATE, VISION AND MISSION
MANDATE (EO 192)
The Department is the primary government agency responsible for the conservation, management, development and proper use of the country's environment and natural resources, including those in reservations, watershed areas and lands of the public domain, as well as the licensing and regulation of all natural resources utilization as may be provided by law in order to ensure equitable sharing of the benefits derived therefrom for the welfare of the present and future generations of Filipinos.
To accomplish the department's mandate, the following objectives serve as basis for policy formulation:
VISION
A nation enjoying and sustaining its natural resources, and clean and health environment.
MISSION
To mobilize our citizenry in protecting, conserving and managing the environment and natural resources for the present and future generation.