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Conducted by members of the newly-formed DENR-Environmental Law Enforcement and Protection Service (ELEPS) and National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), the operation that led to the confiscation of the tree parts took place last June 15.
ELEPS Director Reuel Sorilla said 18 kilograms of agarwood, which have a market value of P2.9 million, were seized from suspects Mark Gil Espino and Nathaniel Avelino at a coffee shop parking lot on West Avenue in Quezon City.
“But the real worth of the contraband is placed at P29 million, or at least 10 times more than its market value, if we will factor in the environmental services that were lost as a result of the illegal cutting of these threatened trees,” Sorilla said.
DENR law enforcement team, NBI nab agarwood worth P2 9M
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Small Vessel Speed Restriction in Cape Cod Bay to Protect Right Whales
BOSTON As a result of the ongoing presence of endangered right whales, the Division of Marine Fisheries today announced that it is extending the small vessel speed restriction in Cape Cod Bay through May 15, 2021. Small vessels (less than 65’) are required to travel at speeds no greater than 10 knots in this area. A complementary federal speed restriction in the same area applies to vessels 65’ and greater until May 15. Right whales are highly susceptible to injury and death due to vessel collision, and state officials urge extreme caution when transiting in the area to protect this critically endangered species.
I first met Chris Faux nearly 30 years ago, when I was a young, enthusiastic and committed federal employee, writing press releases and fighter pilot biographies under the leadership of Ernie Keating and Don Quenneville at the 102nd Fighter Wing on Otis Air National Guard Base. Chris was a similarly young, enthusiastic and committed environmental management officer who also had a military role with the 102nd. We worked closely together and were both deeply engaged in the early stages of what began as a contentious conflict between the government and the people it was supposed to serve, and wound up a national example for community engagement and collaboration.