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• ANNOUNCEMENT
  All alumnus/alumna of the "Country Focused Training Course in Capacity Development
  In Urban and Industrial Environmental Management" held at Kitakyushu City, Japan and sponsored by JICA. Please Fill up this survey form and email to emb@emb.gov.ph on or before February 26, 2010.

• Download Survey Form

  Download Alumni List

• ANNOUNCEMENT
  Per DAO 2009-14, effective 14 December 2009, all new ECC and CNC applications for projects within the following areas shall be processed at the following EMB Regional Offices

  Project Area	EMB Regional Office
  Laguna de Bay Area	NCR or Region 4A (consistent with project location)
  Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority Area	Region 3

• DENR highlights 10 years of the Clean Air Act: Hosts roundtable forum on clean air
• Philippines Ranks No.6 in the World for Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Projects
• Atienza turns over Manila Declaration on Green Industry to PGMA
• DENR wields the baton for green industries to flourish
• FOR STAKEHOLDER'S COMMENTS: Draft Environmental and Social Assessment Report for the Integrated Persistent Organic Pollutants (IPOPS) Management Project. Please send your comments to: Angelita Brabante, Project Coordinator (angelita_brabante@yahoo.com) or Emmanuelita Mendoza (millete04@yahoo.com)
  download Draft ESA Report
• DENR now requires fast-food stores, restos to secure ECC
• Forum-Workshop on Republic Act 9512 (Environmental Awareness and
  Education Law): Challenges for Action
• DENR-EMB, DepEd, CHED and Smart Communications Set National Competition for Sustainable and Eco-friendly Schools
• Notice of Public Hearing: Manila Bay Stakeholders
• EMB announces the winners of the on-the-spot-painting contest
• DENR Sets Forum-Workshop on Environmental Education Law
• DENR pushes for continuity of emission reduction projects after 2012
• DENR intensifies campaign to clean up Manila Bay
• DENR holds greening industries forum for Environment Month
• DENR, clean air advocates hold LGU environment conference
• Cleaning the Air for a Safer Climate: What Would it Take?
  Philippine Environment Month Celebration 2009
• 19th Montreal Protocol Meeting of the Parties Decision on Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs)
• DENR-EMB highlights efforts of MMTs in environmental protection
• DENR-EMB holds 2nd multi-partite monitoring team convention
• DENR launches “NEEDS” project to tackle climate change impacts
• Cleaning the Air for a Safer Climate: What Would It Take?” On-the-Spot Painting Contest
  
  In celebration of the Environment Month in June, the World Environment Day on June 5, and the upcoming celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the Clean Air Act implementation, the Environmental Management Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources is sponsoring an on-the-spot painting contest with the theme, “Cleaning the Air for a Safer Climate: What Would It Take?” for college students in Metro Manila.
  read more

  mechanics          entry form          registration form

• National Competition for Sustainable and Eco-Friendly Schools Extended until May 15. read more...
• Kid-friendly Earth Day celebration all set at SM Mall of Asia
• DENR leads Philippine Water Week exhibit at Trinoma Mall
• DENR’s Industrial Ecowatch goes full blast
  - DAO 2003-26      - EMB MC 2003-007
• PAB shuts down quarrying company in Tuba, Benguet
• PAB issues formal lifting orders to firms for settling their fines
• Seven barangays get award for Eco-waste Management
• Model Barangays on Ecological Solid Waste Management to be Awarded
• EcoSecurities to hand-over cash for “carbon credits”
• DENR Urges the Community to Manage Solid Wastes this Christmas Season
• So, how do we celebrate a waste-free Christmas?  Here are some tips…
• 2008 Ozone Protection Month
  (Pls. see Ozone Depleting Substances Box below)
• Announcement to the Public
  The Department of Environment and Natural Resources, pursuant to the country's commitment to phase-out the consumption of Ozone-Depleting Substances under the Montral Protocol...... more

  Local rock bands drum up original songs at the Baga’t Hangin Musikahan 2008: Band from Parañaque wins first prize Local band, Black Dynamic, wins a total of Php50,000 as first prize and Best Original Song for their composition entitled “Pilipinas”. Other bands who won are Kadangyan for second prize and Syalam for third prize.  Also in photo are organizers of the event led by Department of Environment and Natural Resources Undersecretary for Special Concerns Teresita Samson Castillo (second from left) and Dr. Joven Roque Gonong of the Lung Center of the Philippines (extreme left).

• Baga’t Hangin Musikahan on Wheels all set for Earth Day ‘08

• DENR and Joytoy Launch Pinoy Ecology Game

• BAGA’T HANGIN MUSIKAHAN 2008 - Search for Metro Manila’s Best Singing Group - Application Form - Mechanics

• BATTLE OF THE BANDS UP FOR ENVIRONMENT MONTH IN JUNE
• DENR leads celebration of World Water Day
• EMB Project to Destroy Persistent Organic Pollutants  Commences
• EMB sets up project to destroy Persistent Organic Pollutants
• ICETT and Imus City government holds seminar on advanced environmental technologies
• EMB-ICETT Project holds dissemination seminar on environmental technology transfer for LGUs and industries in Central Luzon
• Public Consultation on Cost Sharing Framework for Investment in Solid Waste Management Held
• PAB hits 4 firms with Php770K of fines and penalties, issues CDO to hog-raising company in Tarlac
• DENR links up with 158 colleges and universities in extensive environmental education drive
• DENR Sets Writeshop on Siting Criteria and Suitability Assessment Procedure
• Companies in Central Luzon save up under DENR-EMB’s GFIS project
• DENR links up with 158 colleges and universities in extensive environmental education drive
• DENR Sets Writeshop on Siting Criteria and Suitability Assessment Procedure
• Schools, Youth Eco-Groups team-up for Clean Air Month celebration (View Program here)
• EMB-DENR Inks Partnership with Catholic Educational Association
• Love EARTH Forum tackles Environmental Issues
• Philippine Science High School wins Asia Regional Ozone e-Quiz
• Philippine Science High School bags first place at DENR ozone e-quiz finals
• EMB, ICETT stage workshop on Japan’s and Local Green Technologies
• “Waste market” now an on-going eco-waste activity at SM Supermalls
• DENR-EMB hosts forum on “greening schools and communities”

  The 2007 Philippine Ozone Quiz Download Entry Form Ozone Quiz Rules and Regulations Categories of Questions

• DENR Philippine Ozone e-Quiz eliminations held - Final Round on May 28
• DENR marks Earth Day celeb with Baga’t Hangin Musikahan 2007
• Water Quality Management: Section 22 of Republic Act 9275 (the Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004) states that the Department of Agriculture (DA) shall coordinate with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in the formulation of guidelines for the re-use of wastewater for irrigation and other agricultural purposes. Pursuant to this provision and Rule 14.6 of DENR Administrative Order No. 10, Series of 2005 (the Implementing Rules and Regulations of RA 9275), the Department of Agriculture has drafted the “Supplemental Implementing Rules and Regulations Prescribing the Procedures and Technical Standards for the Issuance of a Certification Allowing for the Safe Re-use of Wastewater for the Purposes of Irrigation, Fertilization, Aquaculture, and other Agricultural Uses, Pursuant to Section 22C of R.A. 9275 Otherwise known as the Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004”. more ....
• Baga't Hangin Musikahan 2007 ... a free concert in celebration of the International Earth Day
• DENR-EMB holds youth poster contest for Earth Day 2007 [Flyers, Mechanics]
• DENR, SM Supermalls ink MOA to sustain eco-waste markets in malls
• Call for Entries: The Green Fins Slogan Contest
• Trade scraps for cash and goods at the SM Supermalls’ waste trading market

  National Program Support for the Environment and Natural Resources Management Project (NPS-ENRMP)

  • Environmental Assesment - Table of Contents
  • Environmental Assesment Report
  • Environmental Assessment of Abandoned Bagacay Mine Relative to the Proposed Interim Remediation Measures of the World  Bank Supported Project
    • Executive Summary
    • Full Report
  • Social Assessment of the Bagacay Mine
  • Indigenous Peoples Development Planning Framework
  • Annex F. Social Assessment and Safeguards for all GEF sites
• DENR Inks Accord with Actors’ Guild for Cleaner Air
  
• DENR Steers Bantay Tambutso sa Eskwela Campaign
  
• National Clean Air Month 2006 Activities
• The ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT BUREAU through the POD/NCPP-Project Management Unit is in need of a services of an Administrative and Financial Management Assistant.....
• DENR Holds Forum on: ACCELERATING ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT .....
  download presentations part 1 2 3 4 5
• SEMINAR-WORKSHOPS for RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES (RECs) on the MANAGEMENTof POLYCHOLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCBs)
• We remember Rey Alcances ........
• Dr. Marlito Cardenas, Former Director of the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources during the years 1997-1999, passed away last August 26, 2006 at the age of 58. His untimely demise was due to kidney failure.....

  Nationwide Search for Model Barangays for Eco Waste Management System for 2006-2007 now up!
• Pagbabawal sa Pagsusunog ng Basura Pinatindi
• National Solid Waste Commission Releases Guidelines for the Closure and Rehabilitation of Dumpsites
• EMB Sponsors Earth Day Forum on Climate Change
• DENR Partners with the Philippine Business for the Environment for Environment Month Recyclable Event
• EARTH MONTH 2006 Activities
• Invitation to Apply for Eligibility and to Bid Procurement and Installation of an Air Quality Monitoring Equipment in Baguio City, briefly described as: One (1) lot, Towable, Continuous Automatic Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Equipment with Telemetry System that would suit Baguio City’s Topography and Climate.

  Supplemental Guidelines to DENR Administrative Order No. 2005-06 on Mandatory Environmental Insurance Coverage
• Guidelines for Categorization of Project Environmental Risks
• Memorandum Order #021
• DENR Issues Guidelines for the Designation of Attainment and Non-attainment Areas in an Airshed
• DENR Releases Standards for Funding Assistance to Air Quality Management Projects
• DENR Intensifies Bawas Balot, Bawas Basura Campaign.
• DENR Chief Signs the National CDM Approval Process Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Michael T. Defensor has signed Department of Environment and Natural Resources Administrative Order...
• Invitation to Pre-Qualify and to Bid Supply and installation of Continuous Automatic Ambient Air Quality Monitoring System that would suit Iloilo City's topography and climate.
• Invitation to Pre-Qualify and to Bid Supply and installation of Continuous Automatic Ambient Air Quality Monitoring System that would suit Baguio City's topography and climate.
• DENR Administrative Order No. 2005-17 Rules and regulations governing the implementation of Executive Order No. 320, series of 2004, designating the DENR as the National Authority for Criteria Set for Evaluating Project Proposals to Qualify for Air Quality Management Funding
• DENR Memorandum Circular 2005-10 Criteria for the Selection and Implementation of Qualified or Eligible Projects and Activities to be Supported by the Air Quality Management Fund
• DENR - DBM Joint Memorandum Circular No. 01 - Implementing Guidelines on the Operationalization of the Air Quality Management Fund under Republic Act 8749
• More Industry Partners Sign Environmental Agreement With DENR (Thursday, June 10, 2004)
• DENR Signs Agreement with Chemical Industry Association (Monday, May 31, 2004)
• Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004 Signed (Monday, April 19, 2004)
• DENR Sets Controls For Polychlorinated Biphenyls (Monday, April 5, 2004)
• Seminar-Workshop on Environment-Friendly Production Improvement in Asian Countries Held (Friday, January 30, 2004)
• DENR Strengthens Air Quality Management for Metro Manila, Nearby Provinces (Wednesday, January 14, 2004)