Department of Environment and Natural Resources

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (, DENR) is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for the conservation, management, development, and proper use of the country’s 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.

History of the DENR
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources was first established on January 1, 1916, 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 November 18, 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. DENR worked on large-scale reforestation of Davao City under the national greening program (NGP), its flagship project that lasted for a period of six years, from 2011 to 2016.

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

Organizational Structure
The Department is currently headed by a Secretary with the following Undersecretaries and Assistant Secretaries:
Undersecretary for Strategic Communications/Chief of Staff, Office of the Secretary
Undersecretary for Legal Affairs and Administration
Undersecretary for Finance, Information System and Climate Change
Undersecretary for Policy, Planning and International Affairs
Undersecretary for Luzon and Visayas Environment Field Operations
Undersecretary for Mindanao Environment Field Operations
Undersecretary for Organizational Transformation and Human Resources
Undersecretary for Special Concerns and Legislative Affairs
Undersecretary for Integrated Environment Science
Assistant Secretary for Environment, Solid Waste Management and Local Government Unit Concerns
Assistant Secretary for Policy, Planning, and Foreign-Assisted and Special Projects
Assistant Secretary for Legal Affairs 
Assistant Secretary for Finance, Information System and Mining Concerns
Assistant Secretary for International Affairs
Assistant Secretary for Eastern Mindanao Field Operations
Assistant Secretary for Human Resources, Strategic Communication and Sectoral Initiatives
Assistant Secretary for Luzon and Visayas Field Operations
Assistant Secretary for Western Mindanao Field Operations

Bureaus

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

See also 
 Environmental issues in the Philippines

References

External links
Department of Environment and Natural Resources website
Environmental Legal Assistance Center, Inc. website
Mines and Geosciences Bureau

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