Department of Environment and Natural Resources

Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Kagawaran ng Kapaligiran at Likas na Yaman
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Formed	January 1, 1917; 107 years ago
Headquarters	DENR Building, Visayas Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City
Annual budget	₱23.6 billion (2021)
Department executives	Maria Antonia Yulo Loyzaga, Secretary; Jose Joaquin Y. Loyzaga, Head Executive Assistant, Office of the Secretary; Marilou G. Erni, Undersecretary for Strategic Communications and Chief of Staff, Office of the Secretary;
Website	www.denr.gov.ph

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (Filipino: Kagawaran ng Kapaligiran at Likas na Yaman), abbreviated as DENR, is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for the conservation, management, development, and proper use of the country’s environment in 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

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.^[2]^[3] 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.^[4]

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


Bureau	Acronym	Filipino Name	Incumbent
Environmental Management Bureau	EMB	Kawanihan ng Pamamahalang Pangkapaligiran	For. Jacqueline A. Caancan, CESO III (Director)
Mines and Geosciences Bureau	MGB	Kawanihan ng Pagmimina at Agham-Panlupa	Atty. Danilo U. Uykieng (OIC Director)
Forest Management Bureau	FMB	Kawanihan ng Pamamahala sa mga Kagubatan	Arleigh J. Adorable, CESO III (Director in Concurrent Capacity as DENR OIC Assistant Secretary for Field Operations- Western Mindanao)
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	Marcial C. Amaro, Jr., CESO II (Director in Concurrent Capacity as DENR Assistant Secretary for International Affairs)
Land Management Bureau	LMB	Kawanihan ng Pamamahala sa mga Lupa	Atty. Emelyne V. Talabis, CESO IV (Director)
Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau	ERDB	Kawanihan ng Pananaliksik at Pag-unlad Pangkalikasan	Maria Lourdes G. Ferrer, CESO III (Director)