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Billion People are Dying for It! Water Matters June 5 was a red-letter day for the country and the rest of the world as we celebrated the World Environment Day (WED) once again. A global event held annually, the WED is one of the principal vehicles of the United Nations to stimulate worldwide awareness of the environment and enhance political attention and action. This year’s celebration of WED revolved around another life’s basic necessity - water, under the theme, “Water … Two Billion People are Dying for It!” No doubt, the theme was drawn to complement the declaration of 2003 as the “International Year of Freshwater” and the “World Water Day” which is celebrated every year on March 22. But, one may ask, why water? Why the global interest? See full story... ---------------------------------------- |
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Environment Partnership Program (PEPP): Consistent with the DENR’s thrust of promoting partnerships with stakeholders in environment and natural resources management, Secretary Elisea Gozun signed last June 2, 2003, DENR Administrative Order (DAO) 2003-14 creating the Philippine Environment Partnership Program (also known as PEPP). DAO 2003-14 promotes among institutional partners, self-monitoring and compliance, including voluntary self-regulation, in industries for an improved environmental performance. DAO 2003-14 or the PEPP DAO, as it is more popularly known, is a product of multi-sectoral policy dialogues, as a response to the need and demand of industry for government assistance and incentives that will encourage them to implement and sustain a proactive environmental management tool and improve their environmental performance. See full story... ---------------------------------------- First
National Confab on Ecological Solid Waste Management Act More than 1,600 barangay officials from all over the country attended the 1st National Conference on Ecological Solid Waste Management held last April 14-15, 2003 at the Philippine International Convention Center Plenary Hall in Pasay City as part of efforts to fasttrack the implementation of Republic Act 9003 of the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000. Among the guests present during the first day of the conference were DENR Secretary Elisea Gozun, Congressman Nereus Acosta, former Senate President Jovito Salonga, and DILG Asst. Sec. Benito Catindig. See full story... |
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