The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR; ) is the

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responsible for the conservation, management, development, and proper use of the country’s environment in natural resources, specifically forest and grazing lands, mineral resources, including those in reservation and watershed areas, and lands of the public domain, as well as the licensing and regulation of all natural resources as may be provided for by law in order to ensure equitable sharing of the benefits derived therefrom for the welfare of the present and future generations of Filipinos.

History

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources was first established on January 1, 1916, as the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources (DANR) through the enactment of Act No. 2666 by the

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, otherwise known as "An Act to Re-organize the Executive Department of the Government of the Philippine Islands," on November 18, 1916. In 1932, the DANR was reorganized into the Department of Agriculture and Commerce (DAC). In 1947, a reorganization act changed the DAC back to the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources. The Natural Resources arm of the DANR was finally spun off on May 17, 1974, as the Ministry of Natural Resources. On January 30, 1987, the ministry was reorganized into the Department of Environment, Energy and Natural Resources, by Executive Order No. 131 and was finally reorganized into the Department of Environment and Natural Resources by Executive Order No. 192 on June 10, 1987. DENR worked on large-scale

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under the national greening program (NGP), its flagship project that lasted for a period of six years, from 2011 to 2016. Denr-emb aqms station

List of secretaries of environment and natural resources

Organizational structure

The Department is currently headed by a Secretary with the following Undersecretaries and Assistant Secretaries: *Undersecretary for Strategic Communications/Chief of Staff, Office of the Secretary *Undersecretary for Legal Affairs and Administration *Undersecretary for Finance, Information System and Climate Change *Undersecretary for Policy, Planning and International Affairs *Undersecretary for Luzon and Visayas Environment Field Operations *Undersecretary for Mindanao Environment Field Operations *Undersecretary for Organizational Transformation and Human Resources *Undersecretary for Special Concerns and Legislative Affairs *Undersecretary for Integrated Environment Science *Assistant Secretary for Environment, Solid Waste Management and Local Government Unit Concerns *Assistant Secretary for Policy, Planning, and Foreign-Assisted and Special Projects *Assistant Secretary for Legal Affairs *Assistant Secretary for Finance, Information System and Mining Concerns *Assistant Secretary for International Affairs *Assistant Secretary for Eastern Mindanao Field Operations *Assistant Secretary for Human Resources, Strategic Communication and Sectoral Initiatives *Assistant Secretary for Luzon and Visayas Field Operations *Assistant Secretary for Western Mindanao Field Operations

Bureaus

Attached agencies

Laguna Lake Development Authority The Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA), one of the attached agencies of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), is responsible for the preservation, development, and sustainability of Laguna de Bay (Laguna Lake) and its ...

National Mapping and Resource Information Authority The National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (NAMRIA; ) is an agency of the Philippine government under the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) that is responsible for providing the public with mapmaking services ...

National Water Resources Board The National Water Resources Board (NWRB) is a Philippine government agency working on water resources and potable water. It has policy-making, regulatory and quasi-judicial functions. The NWRB is an attached agency of the Department of Enviro ...

* Natural Resources Development Corporation * Palawan Council for Sustainable Development * Philippine Mining Development Corporation *

References

External links

Department of Environment and Natural Resources websiteEnvironmental Legal Assistance Center, Inc. websiteMines and Geosciences Bureau
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