THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is set to partially revise the guidelines for the Social Development and Management Programs (SDMP) to ensure lasting benefits for host communities beyond the life of the mines.

UNITED Nations Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction Mami Mizutori has hailed the Philippines’s disaster risk reduction effort even as she reiterated that more work needs to be done to improve the country’s resilience.

RESPONDING to a report and public health warning pitched by the toxics watchdog EcoWaste Coalition, the local government unit (LGU) of Imus, Cavite has ordered owners of six retail stores to immediately remove cosmetics products tainted with mercury o...

Citing failure to conduct consultations and secure the consent and approval of the community, members of the Tuwali tribe based near the Didipio mine in the Municipality of Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya formally called on President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr...

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) vowed to strengthen its engagement in scientific research to ensure a sustainable and climate-resilient management of the country’s precious watersheds.

THE Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya), a nationwide organization of small fishermen and fisherfolk organizations, has recently met with United Nations Special Rapporteur Iam Fry and submitted a list of climate action ...

THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is pushing for strict compliance with the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Act and is calling on “obliged companies” to register under the program.

Two environment groups will conduct a new round of lead pollution contamination tests in San Simon, Pampanga, and other areas to look into the reported pollution caused by the illegal operation of used lead-acid battery (ULAB) recyclers and lead smelt...

Despite the recent hazy conditions brought about by the prolonged suspension of dust, dirt, and other particles in the air due to thermal inversion that triggered so-called smog in Metro Manila and vog over the Taal Volcano region, the Department of E...

Twenty-six years after the implementation of the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Act (IPRA) of 1997 or Republic Act 8371, Indigenous Peoples (IP) in the Philippines remain under attack, the Philippine Task Force for Indigenous Peoples Rights (TFIPR) said.
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NOT everything repatriated are humans.
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ENVIRONMENTAL group EcoWaste Coalition is calling on parties to the Minamata Convention to eliminate all-mercury-added cosmetics from physical and online markets.
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An advocacy group for a zero waste and toxics-free society appealed to candidates running for elective Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan posts to think of Mother Earth as the campaign leading to the October 30 elections begin on Thursday.
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Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga underscored the importance of the local government units (LGU) in reducing the risk of disaster and ensuring sustainable development.
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THE Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General (SRSG) for Disaster Risk Reduction H.E. Mami Mizutori and key government officials will visit the Philippines to meet with Pres. Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. and members of His Cabine...

The Asean Climate and Biodiversity Initiative is the first in the Philippines and Southeast Asia
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WILLIAM Cunado, the former Director of the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), has not officially resigned, and neither did he officially file his retirement, a source said.