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We Should Start Now - New DENR CALABARZON Regional Executive Director Assumes Responsibilities

We Should Start Now - New DENR CALABARZON Regional Executive Director Assumes Responsibilities

“We should not just be doing our day to day work just to be able to accomplish something. We must be focusing on the actual environmental issues”, the new Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) CALABARZON Regional Executive Director (RED) Gilbert Gonzales said in his speech during the Turn Over Ceremony and Acceptance of Leadership Responsibilities conducted on July 5, 2019 at the DENR Regional Office in Mayapa, Calamba City.

“Hindi dapat maging obstacle‘kung gaano kalaki ‘yung problema… somewhere along the way we can find alternatives on how to address the issues. I want everybody na maging ganoon ang thinking natin.” He added.

From Timber Poacher to Forest Protection Officer: A Success Story

From Timber Poacher to Forest Protection Officer: A Success Story

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Tayabas City -- Rodolfo Masagnay recounts his life before and after becoming a deputized environment and natural resources officer during the 2nd quarterly meeting of the Regional Multi-sectoral Forest Protection Council on June 27, 2019.

“Natuklasan po naming ang pinaka-the-best para mabawasan ang mga nag-iilegal ay ‘yung sa sarili natin. Gawin natin ang tama,” Rodolfo Masagnay, an ex-‘illegalist’, shared his story to the Regional Multi-sectoral Forest Protection Council (RMFPC) during its 2nd quarterly meeting on June 27, 2019 in Tayabas City.

Masagnay recalled how he and his group turned their backs from their old ways of occasional timber poaching towards becoming an active partner of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in combatting illegal loggers and timber poachers in their areas.

“Kami po, nasa mahigit 40 na miyembro ang tumutulong, nagtataguyod ng mga ganitong bagay (forest protection). Ang pinakamaganda pong nangyari sa aming samahan, sa tulong po ng ating CENRO (DENR-Community Environment and Natural Resources Office, Pagbilao, Quezon), sa mismong sarili namin ay naliwanagan kami na dapat hindi kami karagdagan sa mga ilegal na gumagawa,” he said.

New Regreening Project in Lucena City, An Answer to Serious Solid Waste Problems

New Regreening Project in Lucena City, An Answer to Serious Solid Waste Problems

The “Sustainable Re-Greening and the Art of Composting for Cleaner Environment” or SRAC project recently launched in Lucena City gained a lot of praises. One of which came from Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Undersecretary and Chief of Staff Rodolfo C. Garcia.

Garcia said the regreening and composting project is a great response to the serious problem on solid waste in the country, as it encourages people to participate in the advocacy for the environment.

Launched during the 1stConvention on Tayo Ang Kalikasan (TAK) in Quezon Province, SRAC is a garden competition aimed at promoting recycling and composting as the best source of organic fertilizers while lessening the volume of solid waste generated and collected daily.

Mabitac Farmers

MABITAC FARMERS

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Mabitac, Laguna- DENR-Community Environment and Natural Resources Officer (CENRO), Sta. Cruz, Victor Mercado (4th from left) awards 1000 forest tree seedlings to Mabitac farmers represented by their Mayor, Ronald Ilano Sana (leftmost) during an outreach activity of the Regional Development Council on June 26, 2019. The said activity is a collaboration between the Mabitac community and Region IVA government agencies.