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  1. Wanted: Guardians for the backbone of Luzon

    Wanted: Guardians for the backbone of Luzon

    The Sierra Madre cannot speak for itself, nor can it indefinitely absorb the double blow of violent typhoons, illicit soil-stripping, and human avarice.

  2. DENR regional executive director Arturo Salazar

    Leyte project gets huge boost

    DENR, Energy Development Corporation (EDC), and local farmers in Capoocan, Leyte signed a three-year agreement to restore 60 hectares of degraded forestland by…

  3. Isabela State University (ISU) and Department of Science and Technology (DOST) officials pose for a photo inside the newly inaugurated Forest Products Innovation and Training Center (FPITC) in Cabagan, Isabela.

    DoST to open forest products hub in Isabela

    DoST is establishing a Forest Products Innovation and Training Center at Isabela State University to boost research, training and value-added development of…

  4. AN aerial view shows thick smoke and haze blanketing the Kapuas River in Pontianak, West Kalimantan. Indonesia has been battling wildfires and choking smog for weeks, with the haze drifting across borders into Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines.

    MIMAROPA haze turns very unhealthy

    Air quality in MIMAROPA has again reached the “very unhealthy” level as smoke from forest fires in Kalimantan, Indonesia, continues to cause haze across parts…

  5. Cebu faces fluctuating air quality

    Cebu faces fluctuating air quality

    Metro Cebu’s air quality remains volatile as shifting winds transport fine particulate matter from Indonesian forest fires, with pollution reaching very…

  6. TUPAD workers help protect forests

    TUPAD workers help protect forests

    DoLE and DENR hired 50 Mamanwa community members in Biliran under TUPAD to protect healthy tree stocks and support reforestation and sustainable forest…

  7. HAZE lingers over Metro Manila as smoke continues to billow from the contained fire at the closed Navotas City Sanitary Landfill, prompting the Environmental Management Bureau-National Capital Region to urge residents to remain cautious and wear masks against potentially harmful air pollutants.

    Indonesian haze affects Calabarzon, Mimaropa

    Indonesia’s Kalimantan forest fires are sending hazardous smoke and PM2.5 pollution into the Philippines, triggering acutely unhealthy air quality across parts…

  8. Bishop Daniel Presto

    Bishop: Protect forests, curb flooding

    San Fernando Bishop Daniel Presto urges stronger environmental protection, forest preservation and stricter mining oversight as measures to address the…

  9. AT a recent session of the CarbonPH Coalition Education Series,  Archeda Inc. Senior Officer Masayuki Kurihara (left) and DENR- Forest Management Bureau assistant director Ray Thomas Kabigting discuss how the Philippines is preparing to participate in the ASEAN’s growing carbon market.

    DENR moves to build forest carbon market

    Philippines moves to build an investable forest carbon market as DENR strengthens project registration, carbon monitoring and safeguards to attract responsible…

  10. Teenage 'Superman' joins wildfire fight

    Teenage 'Superman' joins wildfire fight

    A 17-year-old Indonesian volunteer firefighter dressed as Superman is helping battle wildfires across Borneo, earning praise as a forest hero.