Department of Environment and Natural Resources

Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Kagawaran ng Kapaligiran at Likas na Kayamanan
Department overview
Formed January 1, 1917 (1917-01-01)
Headquarters DENR Building, Visayas Avenue, Vasra, Quezon City
Annual budget ₱211.1 Billion (2015)[1]
Department executive
Website www.denr.gov.ph

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (Filipino: Kagawaran ng Kapaligiran at Likas na Yaman, DENR or KKLY) is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for governing and supervising the exploration, development, utilization, and conservation of the country's natural resources.

History

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources was first established on January 1, 1917 as the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources (DANR) through the enactment of Act No. 2666 by the Philippine Commission, otherwise known as "An Act to Re-organize the Executive Department of the Government of the Philippine Islands," on 18 November 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. Currently, the DENR is working on a large-scale reforestation of Davao City.

An air quality monitoring station in Marikina City maintained and run by the DENR.

List of the Secretaries of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources

Bureaus

BureauAcronymFilipino NameIncumbent
Environmental Management BureauEMB - DENRKawanihan ng Pamamahalang PangkapaligiranEngr. Metodio U. Turbella [3]
Mines and Geosciences BureauMGB- DENRKawanihan ng Pagmimina at Agham-PanlupaAtty. Wilfredo G. Moncano (Acting Director)[4]
Forest Management BureauFMBKawanihan ng Pamamahala sa mga KagubatanNonito M. Tamayo
Biodiversity Management Bureau (formerly Protected Areas and Wildlife Management Bureau)BMB (formerly PAWB)Kawanihan ng Pamamahala sa Sari-Saring Buhay (formerly Kawanihan ng Pamamahala sa mga Parke at Buhay IlangCrisanta Marlene P. Rodriguez (OIC-Director)[5]
Land Management BureauLMBKawanihan ng Pamamahala sa mga LupaAtty. Emelyne V. Talabis (Acting Director)
Ecosystems Research and Development BureauERDBKawanihan ng Pananaliksik at Pag-unlad PangkalikasanDr. Henry A. Adornado

Attached agencies

See also

References

  1. ↑ "GAA 2015" (PDF). DBM. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Ex-AFP chief Cimatu appointed as acting Environment Secretary". CNN Philippines. May 8, 2017. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
  3. ↑ Macas, Trisha. "Duterte appoints Gloria lawyer to Cabinet post". GMA News. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  4. ↑ User, Super. "MGB Central Office". mgb.gov.ph. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
  5. ↑ "Directory of Officials". bmb.gov.ph. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
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