Environmental Law Enforcement and Protection Service - ELEPS

09/03/2022

https://maharlika.tv/2022/03/08/ph-usaid-intensifies-partnership-for-climate-change-mitigation/?fbclid=IwAR3onswTtQPR6m6ajDQHdSgw2TqWWxK595FgRZ72GHz5vgqXnTBFHbeQxOM

USAID PAYS COURTESY VISIT TO DENR CHIEF. Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) acting Secretary Jim O. Sampulna (5th from left) join officials from

01/03/2022

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1561311/denr-oic-bares-priorities

As Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu stepped down from his post, the officer in charge (OIC) of the country’s environment department vowed to continue his predecessor’s biggest projects,

21/02/2022

https://businessmirror.com.ph/2022/02/21/denr-oic-to-make-the-most-of-4-months-as-cimatu-exits/

WITH the resignation of Environment Secretary Roy A. Cimatu for health reasons, Undersecretary Jim Sampulna, who takes over as officer-in-charge, vowed to make the most of the next four months. “I will be serving as OIC in the next four months.  It will be a tough job but I plan to make…

14/02/2022

No one to spend Valentine’s Day with? Why not show your love to the environment by hugging a tree instead, the DENR suggests.

03/02/2022

Babala Sa Pagtatapon ng Basura sa Covid-19

   HUWAG ipagwalang-bahala ang panganib na dala ng hindi tamang pagtatapon ng basura na nauugnay sa COVID-19. Tingnan natin ang naganap sa Brgy. Concepcion, Virac, Catanduanes. May nagka-COVID na walo mula sa 23 bata na naglalaro sa tapunan ng medical waste ng isang diagnostic laboratory sa nasab...

09/12/2021

14/11/2021

An Environment official said Saturday that the 2020 lockdowns due to COVID-19 pushed down
air pollution metrics in the country by over 50% of the pre-pandemic level.
In an interview on Super Radyo dzBB, Engineer Jundy de Socorro, chief Air quality
Management Section of the Department of the Environment and Natural Resources (DENR),
said that the total suspended particulates dropped to 40 micrograms per normal cubic meter.
De Socorro based the decline rate from the guideline values under the Philippine Clean Air Act
of 1999, which was set at 90 micrograms/cubic meter.
But he clarified that the pollution record in 2020 was excluded in the annual air pollution
assessment because it was not comparable with previous years' as the data sampling was
impacted by the lockdowns, and there were data collection stations that were not calibrated.
"Hindi siya comparable sa annual assessment kasi may mga station na hindi na-calibrate at
hindi nakumpleto ang sampling, laluna sa dami ng lockdowns."
But he said the effect of the enhanced community quarantine on air quality was very obvious.
"Last year, ang laki ng ibinaba ng air pollution, makikita na natin ang skyline ng Matro Manila
against the bluish sky background actually from Bataan," he said.
(Air pollution dropped dramatically, so much so that we can see from Bataan Metro Manila's
skyline against a bluish sky background).
He pointed out that based on their emissions inventory, 75% of air pollution comes from
transportation.
Pressed on their assessment on the implementation of the Clean Air Act, Socorro said that
from 2004, which had 144 micrograms/m3 -- way above the guideline value -- the 2019 prepandemic pollution value was around 100.
In the second quarter of 2021, the value dropped to 88 micrograms/m3, or a 39% reduction
from the 2004 level. —LBG, GMA News

An Environment official said Saturday that the 2020 lockdowns due to COVID-19 slashed down air pollution metrics in the country by over 50% of the pre-pandemic level.

07/11/2021

https://pilipinomirror.com/demolition-vs-illegal-fish-cages-umarangkada/

CAVITE – SINIMULAN na ang clearing operation ng Manila Bay Inter-Agency Task Force sa pangunguna ni DENR Usec. […]

03/11/2021

PRESS RELEASE | DENR reiterates public health remains top concern in dolomite beach crowd management
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) assured that it is recalibrating its crowd management measures to ensure visitors' adherence to the health protocols implemented while the Manila Bay Dolomite Beach is closed until Nov. 3.
While the DENR enjoins the public to appreciate the beauty of the dolomite beach project, Secretary Roy A. Cimatu emphasized that keeping people safe from the coronavirus remains the top concern of the agency.
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