SAMAR'S LONGEST. A portion of Ulot, River in Barangay Tenani, Paranas, Samar, located within the Samar Island Natural Park. The park is batting for inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage sites. (Photo courtesy of Spark Samar) TACLOBAN CITY - Activities are lined up to raise the chance of Samar Island Natural Park (SINP) to be included in the UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) World Heritage sites. Angelito Villanueva, Samar provincial environment and natural resources officer, said Monday the application for inclusion is a 10-year activity that started in 2021. Among the ongoing projects is the installation of concrete monuments in 300 corners of SINP to serves as landmarks covered by the protected area. "Demarcation is necessary to strengthen the environmental protection initiatives. This is one of the requirements for SINP to qualify to the heritage site list," Villanueva told the Philippine News Agency in an interview. Aside from
PROTECTED AREA. A demonstration farm within the Samar Island Natural Park (SINP) in Paranas, Samar. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources is eyeing to complete the survey of all occupants within the SINP as part of its biodiversity conservation efforts inside the protected area.(Photo courtesy of Department of Tourism) TACLOBAN CITY - The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)is eyeing to complete by 2025 the survey of all occupants within the Samar Island Natural Park (SINP) as part of its biodiversity conservation efforts inside the protected area. Angelito Villanueva, Samar provincial environment and natural resources officer, said on Friday the five-year survey and registration of protected area occupants within SINP, has already covered 40 percent of the population. The project is a partnership of DENR and Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) and seeks to establish the actual number of male and female household heads recognized as tenured migrants. A
JOINT DECLARATION. Department of Environment and Natural Resources Acting Secretary Jim Sampulna (2nd from left), Department of Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat (4th from left) and Department of the Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Ano (2nd from right) sign a joint declaration in celebration of the Year of the Protected Areas on Monday (May 23, 2022). They are joined on stage by Senator-elect Loren Legarda-Leviste (3rd from left), United Nations Development Program Philippines Resident Representative Dr. Selva Ramachandran (extreme left) and Climate Change Commission Secretary Robert Borje. (Photo by DOT) MANILA - The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), the Department of Tourism (DOT), and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) have signed a joint declaration to support the celebration of the Year of the Protected Areas or the YoPA Campaign, which promotes Philippine national parks. DENR Acting Secretary Jim Sampulna, DOT
A 16-megawatt hydropower facility sited in Eastern Samar is ready to kick-off its commercial operations, according to project sponsor Taft Hydro Energy Corp. (THEC), one of the flourishing renewable energy companies in the country. With the facility now adding capacity to the grid, THEC indicated t
How do you communicate biodiversity for the target audience to grasp the importance of saving it? At the forefront of the campaign to protect and conserve the country’s rich biodiversity, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Biodiversity Management Bureau (DENR-BMB) uses different strokes to communicate it. Through the years, the…