MANDATE The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) through Executive Order 192, Series of 1987 is mandated to be the government agency primarily responsible for the conservation, management, development, and proper use of the country’s environment and 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.
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VISION A nation enjoying and sustaining its natural resources and a clean and healthy environment. |
MISSION To mobilize our citizenry in protecting, conserving, and managing the environment and natural resources for the present and future generations. |
CORE FUNCTION DENR is tasked to formulate and implement policies, guidelines, rules and regulations relating to environmental management and pollution prevention and control. DENR has to formulate, implement and supervise the government’s policies, plans and programs pertaining to the management, conservation, development, use and replenishment of the country’s natural resources and biological diversity. Further, we promulgate and implement rules and regulations governing the exploration, development, extraction, disposition, and use of our forests, lands, minerals, wildlife and other natural resources.
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PRIORITIES AND POLICY DIRECTIONS
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MAJOR THRUSTs AND PRIORITIES
The Department’s thrust and priorities are anchored on a 5-point agenda:
With these, the following are the Ten (10) Priority Programs of the agency:
The different development frameworks such as the Sustainable Development Goals under United Nations, Philippine Long Term Vision-Ambisyon Natin 2040, Philippine Development Plan 2017-2022 and the Program for Environment and Natural Resources for Restoration, Rehabilitation and Development (PRRD) are bases of afore-mentioned programs implementation towards “MATATAG, MAGINHAWA AT PANATAG NA BUHAY”. |