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DENR's 19th Secretary
Hon. Ramon J.P. Paje

EMB Director
Atty. Juan Miguel Cuna

New EMB Assistant Director
Dr. Eva S. Ocfemia

EMB Region XII Building Inaugurated..more

EMB-DENR holds seminar-workshop on National Water Quality Database Management and Adopt-an-Estero/ Water Body Program ...more

EMB Strengthens its Legal Services.more


Feature Articles:

Clean River Advocates Unite:
Saving Rivers, Changing Lives

by: Karen Pacpaco, Environmental Management Bureau-DENR
National Greening Program: Visioning a Green Renaissance in the Philippines
By: Pakoy Que

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You can gauge a country's wealth, its real wealth, by its tree cover.  --- Richard St. Barbe Baker

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t's as old as our history and we have been at it since the 1980’s –  bringing back the green luster of our forest cover, which now stands at 7 million hectares. 

A far cry from the 21 million hectares of forest blanketing the country at the turn of the 20th Century.    >>more

 
Online Resources
List of Registered Treatment/Storage/Disposal (TSD) Facilities for Hazardous Wastes
List of Accredited Transporters of Hazardous Wastes
National Ambient Air Quality

Clean air advocates discuss financing mechanisms on 4th Annual Clean Air Forum

Over 200 advocates and supporters from the government, private sector and the civil society will tackle financing mechanisms to strengthen the implementation of air quality improvement programs in the country, on July 30-31, 2012 at the Crowne Plaza, Ortigas, Quezon City. ....more


Philippines Hosts the United Nations Capacity Building Events on Climate Change Mitigation for Asia-Pacific and Eastern European Countries

Expecting over 150 participants from Asia and the Pacific as well as Eastern Europe, the Philippines will host two international events to strengthen the country’s participation in the Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol. To be held this 16-17 July 2012 and 18-20 July 2012 at the Asian Development Bank Headquarters in Manila are the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) events for Designated National Authorities / National Focal Points of Asia-Pacific and Eastern European Regions and the UNFCCC-ADB-IGES Workshop on Enhancing the Regional Distribution of CDM Projects in Asia and the Pacific respectively. ....more


DENR Inks Agreements with DepEd, MMDA, and LGUs for Waste Management Programs

EMB Director Atty. Juan Miguel Cuna (fifth from left) during the ceremonial turn-over of cheques to the seven Metro Manila barangays as funding support for the establishment of their Materials Recovery Facilities.

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), thru the National Solid Waste Management Commission-Secretariat (NSWMCS) at the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB), entered into three agreements, with the Department of Education (DepEd), the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA), and seven local government units (LGUs), respectively, for three separate solid waste management programs last June 21, 2012..more


Malacañang Welcomes 40 New Partners Under the DENR’s
‘Adopt-an-Estero’ Program

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) marked its 25th Anniversary in Malacañang with 40 more partners for “Adopt-an-Estero/Water Body Program,” a multi-sectoral partnership aimed at restoring creeks and rivers in the country.... more


Winners of “Usok Mo, Buhay Ko!” painting contest bared

A total of 130 high school students from 15 cities in Metro Manila participated in the “Usok Mo, Buhay Ko!” on-the-spot painting contest held last June 16 at the Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Nature Center in Quezon City....more


Province of Batanes, NSWMC Sign Agreement to Manage Wastes

To further promote proper waste management in the Province of Batanes, the National Solid Waste Management Commission Secretariat (NSWMCS) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), through Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) Director Atty. Juan Miguel Cuna  signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with Provincial Government of Batanes led by Governor Vicente Gato last June 13, 2012...more

Signatories of the Memorandum of Agreement:

(From Left to Right) Executive Director Emelita  Aguinaldo,NSWMCS, EMB Director Juan Miguel Cuna, Batanes Governor Vicente Gato, EMB Region 2 Director Carlos Magno, and Cong. Henedina Abad

EMB holds Green Economy Forum to Strengthen  Green Schools

The year 2012 has been declared as the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All, and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has set the theme “Green Economy: Does it include you?” for this years’ World Environment Day (June 5). ...more


Philippines-Korea Joint Workshop on Recycling Technology Held

Solid waste management experts in the country  converged  last  May 16, 2012, at the Discovery Suites in Ortigas Center, Pasig City, to discover and learn more about state-of-the-art and environment-friendly recycling technologies developed by Korea. The workshop, jointly organized by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), through its Environmental Management Bureau (EMB), and the R&D Center for Valuable Recycling

(RCVR) of Korea,  introduced the technologies developed by the RCVR to the Philippine central and local governments, research institutes, the academe and related industries and associations. ...more



DENR-EMB, DepEd NCR and Nestle Philippines hold Workshop on Water Education for Teachers

Close to fifty science department heads and science teachers from various public high schools in Metro Manila will participate in a one-day environmental education workshop dubbed as “Project WET (Water Education for Teachers) 2012”...more



       
   

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National State of the Brown Environment Report (2005-2007)

Lead Environment-Friendly Lifestyles for a Safer Climate - EMB Calendar 2010

National Air Quality Status Report 2005-2007

   
   
 
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