DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES

LEGAL BASIS

Executive Order No. 192 dated June 10, 1987 Providing for the Reorganization of the
Department of Environment, Energy and Natural Resources, Renaming it as the Department of
Environment and Natural Resources, and for other Purposes.

MANDATE

Executive Order No. 192 mandates the DENR to be the primary government agency
responsible for the conservation, management, development, and proper use of the countrys
environment and natural resources, specifically forest and grazing lands, mineral resources,
including those in reservation and watershed areas, and lands of the public domain, as well as
the licensing and regulation of all natural resources as may be provided for by law in order to
ensure equitable sharing of the benefits derived therefrom for the welfare of the present and
future generations of Filipinos.

To accomplish this mandate, the Department shall be guided by the following objectives:

1. Assure the availability and sustainability of the country's natural resources through
judicious use and systematic restoration or replacement, whenever possible

2. Increase the productivity of natural resources in order to meet the demands for
forest, mineral, and land resources of a growing population;

3. Enhance the contribution of natural resources for achieving national economic and
social development;

4. Promote equitable access to natural resources by the different sectors of the

population; and

5. Conserve specific terrestrial and marine areas representative of the Philippine

natural and cultural heritage for present and future generations.

VISION

"A nation enjoying and sustaining its natural resources and clean and healthy environment."

MISSION

To mobilize our citizenry in protecting, conserving and managing the environment and natural
resources for the present and future generations.

CORE FUNCTIONS
DENR is tasked to formulate and implement policies, guidelines, rules and regulations relating
to environmental management and pollution prevention and control.

Formulate implement and supervise the government's policies, plans and programs pertaining
to the management, conservation, development, use and replenishment of the country's natural
resources and ecological diversity; and

Promulgate and implement rules and regulations governing the exploration, development,
extraction, disposition, and use of the forests, lands, minerals, wildlife, and other natural
resources.

THRUSTS AND PRIORITIES

The DENR thrusts and priorities are consistent with the Presidents Social Contract with the
Filipino people and supportive of the following five (5) priority agenda of the President:

1) anti-corruption/transparent, accountable and participatory governance;

2) poverty reduction and empowerment of the poor and vulnerable;

3) rapid, inclusive and sustained economic growth;

4) just and lasting peace and the rule of law; and

5) integrity of the environment and climate change.

In line with the above mentioned priority agenda, the DENR, in the performance of its mandate
under a regime of good environmental governance, will continuously implement in FY 2014 the
following major programs that would ably create high impact and provide for longer-term
solutions to more pressing environmental issues and concerns:

DENR FY 2014 Major Programs (by Key Expenditure Program)

1. Anti-Corruption/Transparent, Accountable and Participatory Governance

Database Management
Land Records Management
Cadastral Survey Program
Land Disposition

2. Poverty Reduction and empowerment of the poor and vulnerable

National Greening Program

Patent Issuance
3. Rapid, Inclusive and Sustained Economic Growth

Water Resources Management

Water, Coastal, and Land Surveys (EEZ)

4. Just and Lasting Peace and the Rule of Law

RP Extended Continental Shelf Delimitation Project

Mapping and Remote Sensing

Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau (ERDB)

The Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau (ERDB) is the principal research and
development (R & D) unit of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). Its
R & D and extension activities are focused on the five major ecosystems of the Philippines
which include forests, upland farms, grassland and degraded areas, coastal zone and
freshwater, and urban areas.

The ERDB was created in June 1987 under Executive Order (EO) 192 that merged the function
of the former Forest Research Institute (FORI) and the National Mangrove Committee. Its
headquarters is located at the University of the Philippines Los Baos, College of Forestry and
Natural Resources (UPLB-CFNR) campus in the municipality of Los Baos, province of Laguna,
Philippines about 65 kms south of Manila.

Forest Management Bureau (FMB)

The Forest Management Bureau (FMB) of the Department of Environment and Natural
Resources provides support for the effective protection, development, occupancy management,
and conservation of forest lands and watersheds. It collaborates with international and local
development organizations in several forestry development programs.

The Bureau has the following functions:

Recommends policies and/or programs for the effective protection, development,

occupancy, management and conservation of forest lands, watersheds, including grazing
and mangrove areas, reforestation and rehabilitation of critically denuded/degraded forest
reservations, improvement of water resource use and development, ancestral lands,
wilderness areas and other natural reserves, development of forest plantations, including
rattan, bamboo and other valuable non-timber forest resources, rationalization of the wood-
 based industries, regulation of utilization and exploitation of forest resources including
wildlife, to ensure continued supply of forest goods and services;

Advises the Regional Offices in the implementation of the above policies and/or
programs;

Develops plans, programs, operating standards and administrative measures to promote

the Bureaus objectives and functions;

Assists in the monitoring and evaluation of forestry and watershed development projects
to ensure efficiency and effectiveness;

Undertakes studies on the economics of forest-based industries, including the supply

and demand trends on the local, national and international levels, identifying investment
problems and opportunities in various areas

Lands Management Bureau

There is hereby created the Lands Management Bureau which shall absorb functions and
powers of the Bureau of Lands except those line functions and powers which are transferred to
the regional field office. The Lands Management Bureau to be headed by a Director and
assisted by an Assistant Director shall advise the Secretary on matters pertaining to rational
land classification management and disposition and shall have the following functions, but not
limited to:

Recommend policies and programs for the efficient and effective administration, surveys,
management and disposition of alienable and disposable lands of the public domain and
other lands outside the responsibilities of other government agencies; such as reclaimed
areas and other areas not needed for or are not being utilized for the purposes for which
they have been established;

Advise the Regional Offices on the efficient and effective implementation of policies,
programs and projects for more effective public lands management;

Assist in the monitoring and evaluation of land surveys, management and disposition of
lands to ensure efficiency and effectiveness thereof;

Issue standards, guidelines, regulations and orders to enforce policies for the maximization
of land use and development;

Develop operating standards and procedures to enhance the Bureau's objectives and
functions;
 Assist the Secretary as Executive Officer charged with carrying out the provisions of the
Public Land Act (C.A. 141, as amended), who shall have direct executive control of the
survey, classification, lease, sale or any other forms of concessions or disposition and
management of the lands of the public domain;

Perform other functions as may be assigned by the Secretary and/or provided by law.

Environmental Management Bureau (EMB)

The Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) is mandated to implement the following national
environmental laws:

PD 1586 (Environmental Impact Statement System)

RA 6969 (Toxic Substances and Hazardous and Nuclear Waste Control Act of 1990)

RA 8749 (Clean Air Act of 1999)

RA 9003 (Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000)

RA 9275 (Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004)

RA 9512 (Environmental Awareness and Education Act of 2008)

Under E.O. 192, EMB is mandated to provide research and laboratory services; and serve as
secretariat in the adjudication of pollution cases.

Under EO 320, EMB is designated as the secretariat of the Designated National Authority for
CDM of the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

International Commitments

Vienna Convention for the Protection of Ozone Layer

Montreal Protocol on the Protection of the Ozone Layer

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol

Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes and

their Disposal
 Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous
Chemicals and Pesticides in International Use

Other International Commitments

Functions

a. Advise the Secretary on matters relating to Environmental Management

b. Formulate plans and policies and set appropriate environmental quality
standards (Water, Air And Noise) for the prevention, control of pollution and protection of
the environment
c. Exercises direct supervision over its regional offices in the implementation of plans and
programs. The central and regional offices of the bureau discharge both staff and
regulatory functions
- Issue permits, clearances Under RA 8749, RA 9003, RA 9275, RA 6969 and
PD 1586 and monitor compliance to said laws
d. Provides secretariat support to the pollution adjudication board per EO 192
e. Provides secretariat support to the National Solid Waste Management
Commission as provided for in Section 4 of Ra 9003
f. Develop and implement a research and development program in support of the
following:
- Environmental And Compliance Monitoring; And
- Study of existing and potential environmental problems and issues
g. Implement a system for the recognition of environmental laboratories
h. Promote public information and education to encourage participation of an informed
citizenry in environmental quality planning and monitoring.
i. Serve as focal point agency for international agreements/commitments

Integrity of the Environment and Climate Change

National Greening Program

Protected Area Management
Biodiversity Conservation Project
Coastal and Marine Resources Management
Clean Air, Clean water, and Solid waste Program
Implementation of Operational Plan for the Manila Bay Coastal Strategy
(OPMBCS) per SC Decision-G.R.171947-48
Geo-hazard Mapping

Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau (PAWB)

 Establishing and Managing Protected Areas

Conserving Wildlife

Promoting and Institutionalizing Ecotourism

Managing Coastal Biodiversity and Wetlands Ecosystems

Conserving Caves and Cave Resources

Information and Education on Biodiversity and Nature Conservation

Managing Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Center and the Hinulugang Taktak National
Park

Negotiating biodiversity-related Multilateral Environmental Agreements and Monitoring

National Implementation

Mission

Conserve the country's biological diversity through:

Establishment, management and development of the National Integrated Protected

Areas System

Conservation of wildlife resources

Nature conservation information and education

Biodiversity Management Bureau (BMB)

Vision

Biodiversity Management Bureau (BMB) envisions a perpetual existence of biological and

physical diversities in a system of protected areas and other important biological components of
the environment managed by a well-informed and empowered citizenry for the sustainable use
and enjoyment of present and future generations

NAMRIA

NAMRIA is mandated to provide the public with mapmaking services and to act as the central
mapping agency, depository, and distribution facility for natural resources data in the form of
maps, charts, texts, and statistics.
NAMRIA's core functions are:

Topographic Base Mapping

Development of the National Geodetic Network

Resource Assessment and Mapping

Hydrographic Surveys and Nautical Charting

Delineation of Maritime Boundaries

Geographic Information Management

Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB)

The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) is the primary government agency under the
Department of Environment and Natural Resources, pursuant to Executive Order No. 192 on
June 1987. It is responsible for the conservation, management, development and proper use of
the countrys mineral resources including those in reservations and lands of public domains. It
took the functions of the Bureau of Mines and Geosciences but minus the line functions that
were transferred mainly to the DENR regional offices. It also absorbed the functions of the
abolished Mineral Resources Development Board (MRDB), and the Gold Mining Industry
Assistance Board (GMIAB).

The Natural Resources Development Corporation (NRDC) is a government-owned and

controlled corporation attached to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. It is
mandated to promote investments in natural resource-based industries by providing financial,
technical and management assistance.

Since its creation in 1982, NRDC has been involved in projects like reforestation, management
and disposition of lahar materials, mining, development of patrimonial properties and fund
management for EIA RC.