DENR Region XI

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-XI) recently conducted a management conference to discuss the physical and financial plan of the department for 2007. The said conference was participated in by all the Provincial and Community Environment and Natural Resources Officers (PENROs/CENROs), planning officers, budget officers and all key officials of the regional office.

Regional Executive Director Ricardo L. Calderon stressed that the conference is one venue where activities of the department are discussed. Furthermore, it also aims to ensure the effective implementation of targeted activities in the region.
Hereunder are DENR XI’s priority activities for 2007:

Forest Management Service:
1. Forest Resource Tracts
2. Urban Greening ( Seedling Production for Green Philippines)
3. Plantation Establishment
4. Plantation Maintenance
5. Forest Protection
6. Anti-Illegal Logging Task Force
7. Agroforestry (in support of Green Phils.)
8. Watershed Development Plan Preparation
9. Delineation
10. Forestland Boundary Delineation
11. Equipment Outlay for Forestry

Land Management Service:
1. Patent Issuance
2. Foreshore Permits Issuance
3. PRS ’92 Control Points
4. Land Records Management
5. Field Network Survey

Protected Areas Wildlife Coastal Zone Management Service:
1. Ecotourism Development Plan
• Mt. Apo Natural Park
• Mt. Hamiguitan Wildlife Sanctuary
2. Boundary Delineation/Demarcation
• Mt. Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary
3. Implementation of BMS
• Mt. Apo Natural Park
• Mt. Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary
4. Protected Area Protected/Patrolled
• Mt. Apo Natural Park
• Mt. Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary
• Mainit Hotspring PLS
5. Operationalization of PAMB
6. Monitoring of Critical Wetlands for Avian Flu
7. Mt. Apo Activities
• Mt. Apo Management Plan
• Mt. Apo Dossier preparation

Coastal Marine Management:
1. Costal Resource Management
• Coastal area assessment for ecotourism
• Technical Assistance to LGUs
• Technical Assistance and capacity building
2. Mangrove Management in support to Green Philippines
3. Establishment of Marine Sanctuaries

Environmental Research and Development Service:
1. Clonal Nurseries
• Production of quality planting materials
2. Research and Development in Support to ENR Planning and Management
• Vulnerability assessment of Tagum-Libungan River Basin
• Carrying capacity of Mt. Apo Natural Park P/L for sustainable mountaineering
• Rehabilitation and Ecological Restoration for marginal and degraded landscape and seascape
3. Technology Transfer

PMCC-Diwalwal:
1. Mines and Geosciences Operation
2. Environmental Management Operation
3. Research and Development Operation
4. Internal Security Task Group
5. Political Task Group
6. Socio-Economic and Safety Net Task Group
7. Information Task Group
8. PMCC