Department of Environment and Natural Resources (Philippines)

Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Department overview
Kagawaran ng Kapaligiran at Likas na Kayamanan

Formed	January 1, 1917 (1917-01-01)
Headquarters	DENR Building, Visayas Avenue, Vasra, Quezon City
Annual budget	₱211.1 Billion (2015)^[1]
Department executive	Gen. Roy Cimatu, AFP (Ret.)^[2], Secretary
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.

Bold text==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.

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

Bureaus

Bureau	Acronym	Filipino Name	Incumbent
Environmental Management Bureau	EMB - DENR	Kawanihan ng Pamamahalang Pangkapaligiran	Jacqueline Caancan (In-Charge, Office of the Director and Concurrent Assistant Director)
Mines and Geosciences Bureau	MGB- DENR	Kawanihan ng Pagmimina at Agham-Panlupa	Mario Luis Jacinto^[3]
Forest Management Bureau	FMB	Kawanihan ng Pamamahala sa mga Kagubatan	Nonito 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 Ilang	Dr. Theresa Mundita Lim
Land Management Bureau	LMB	Kawanihan ng Pamamahala sa mga Lupa	Atty. Emelyne V. Talabis (Acting Director)
Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau	ERDB	Kawanihan ng Pananaliksik at Pag-unlad Pangkalikasan	Dr. Henry Adornado

Attached agencies

Laguna Lake Development Authority
National Mapping and Resource Information Authority
National Water Resources Board
Natural Resources Development Corporation
Palawan Council for Sustainable Development
Philippine Mining Development Corporation
Philippine Reclamation Authority

References

↑ "GAA 2015" (PDF). DBM. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
↑ "Ex-AFP chief Cimatu appointed as acting Environment Secretary". CNN Philippines. May 8, 2017. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
↑ "President Duterte appoints new MGB chief". Manila Bulletin. 2 August 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.

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