At least 10 Philippine species were seen to have been seriously affected by Typhoon Odette (international name Rai) that devastated the Visayas and Mindanao last December, an official of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said. Natividad Y. Bernardino, OIC director of the DENR’s Biodiversity Management Bureau (BMB),…
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Cimatu said the provinces that bore the brunt of Typhoon Odette (Rai) the strongest tropical cyclone that hit the Philippines last year will be prioritized for the implementation of the DENR order.
TO fast track the government’s recovery and rehabilitation programs in typhoon-ravaged areas, Task Force (TF) Build Back Better (BBB) Chief Roy A. Cimatu has ordered the creation of regional BBB TFs (RTFBBBs), which will be chaired by the 16 regional executive directors of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources…
THE year 2021 was a challenging year for the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), as the pandemic compounded its difficult role of balancing seemingly conflicting mandates to protect and conserve the environment, while promoting the exploitation of the country’s natural wealth. The DENR was tasked, for one, to…