Oathtaking ceremony of the Twenty eight (28) newly promoted and appointed employees of DENR PENRO Oriental Mindoro, CENRO Soccorro and CENRO Roxas commenced on January 23, 2024 at DENR PENRO Oriental Mindoro Conference Room.
The ceremony was led by DENR MIMAROPA Regional Executive Director (RED) Felix Mirasol Jr. With him in the event were Assistant Regional Director (ARD) for Technical Services Maximo Landrito, PENRO Alan L. Valle, CENRO Rodel M. Boyles of Socorro, CENRO Caesar Quebec of Roxas and Chief of Personnel Section Ms. Cristina Rendorio.
ICYMI: The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Youth Desk recently conducted a Youth Resilience Workshop participated in by over 70 newly elected Sangguniang Kabataan Chairmen and Kagawad, representatives of Indigenous Peoples Youth, and leaders of various youth-led organizations in Rizal Province.
The activity supports and strengthens the youth sector’s continuing capacity building in disaster risk reduction and resilience, and aims to raise awareness, instill knowledge, and ignite positive attitudes on the urgent call for resilience and climate action.
Jhorace Tupas (middle), Officer-in-Charge of the Coastal and Marine Ecosystems Management Section, Biodiversity Management Bureau of the Philippines’ Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) discussed the Philippine Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (PBSAP) during the side event “Harmonizing Biodiversity and Climate Change Goals through Nature-Based Solutions: Experiences from the ASEAN Region” at the Philippine Pavilion of the 28th Conference of Parties in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Tupas said national and regional consultations are being conducted to update the PBSAP and ensure that climate change is being discussed in the different sectors and across the different levels of biodiversity - species, ecosystems and up to the genetic level. In the recent Conference of Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Philippines advanced its position to integrate nature based solutions (NbS) in its biodiversity agenda to address climate change.
By 2030, the Philippines envisions a common language between the government and the private sector in the implementation of NbS with both sectors working together for environmental sustainability, biodiversity conservation and climate action. Other participants in the session were (2nd from left to right): John Vincent Colili of the Non-Timber Forest Products – Exchange Programme Tenure Rights and Governance; Za’iem Halbi, Head of Brunei Climate Change Secretariat, Prime Minister’s Office, and Dr. Vong Sok, Head of the Environment Division and Assistant Director of Sustainable Development Director at the ASEAN Secretariat.
ICYMI: Philippines Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo Loyzaga, Head of the Philippine Delegation to the 28th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) discussed the operationalization of the Loss and Damage (L&D) Fund with Steven Victor, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries, and Environment of the Republic of Palau during their bilateral meeting.
Secretary Loyzaga and Minister Victor talked about the urgent need for a strong, collective voice in climate financing and the Philippines’ aspiration to continuously represent the most climate-vulnerable countries, including regions in the Pacific Island, as well as the Philippines’ offer to host the Lost and Damage Fund Board. Minister Victor acknowledged the country’s familiarity with international organizations and partnerships and expressed support for the Philippines to host the L&D Fund Board.
Members of the Mangyan tribe in Oriental Mindoro received Original Certificate of Titles (OCTs) during the Handog Titulo program of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources – MIMAROPA Region, in Socorro, Oriental Mindoro, January 15.
DENR MIMAROPA Regional Executive Director Felix Mirasol, Jr., described the activity as a whole of government approach, in which he underscored the efforts of each of the officials present in making the program successful and felt by the Indigenous Peoples (IP) community —Representative Arnan Panaligan, Socorro Mayor Nemmen Perez, Register of Deeds Atty. Ethel Regadio, Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Officer Mike Jumig, Provincial Police Director Col. Samuel Delorino and Bgy. Fortuna Punong Barangay Restituto Morfe. Officials and employees from the DENR in Oriental Mindoro headed by PENRO Alan Valle, Socorro CENRO Rodel Boyles and Roxas CENRO Caesar Quebec, were also in full force to ensure the smooth and organized distribution of the land titles.
A total of 50 OCTs were distributed, 49 of which were handed over to the Mangyans who have walked a considerable distance and crossed three rivers in order to attend the program and receive their own land titles.
