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DENR Mission
Our mission is to mobilize our citizenry in protecting, conserving and managing the environment and natural resources.
It is our mandate to stop environmental abuses, reverse ecological degradation, conserving remaining natural resources and ensure that they benefit our people.
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PHILIPPINE MINERALS: BECKONING THE WORLD’S RESPONSIBLE MINERS/INVESTORS
BY SECRETARY RAMON J.P. PAJE
ASIA MINING CONGRESS 2011 APRIL 6, 2011, SINGAPORE DISTINGUISHED GUESTS, SPEAKERS, PARTICIPANTS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, GOOD MORNING! LET ME START BY SHOWCASING THE ABOVE-GROUND AND MARINE JEWELS THAT COMPRISE THE PHILIPPINES – --AN ARCHIPELAGO OF 7,107 ISLANDS, HOME TO 94 MILLION FILIPINOS;--LUSH RAINFORESTS AND EXTENSIVE COASTLINES THAT ARE HABITATS TO A DIVERSE RANGE OF FLORA AND FAUNA; -- ONE OF THE WORLD’S 18 MOST BIOLOGICALLY MEGA-DIVERSE COUNTRIES;--WITH AROUND 1,100 SPECIES OF LAND VERTEBRATES, INCLUDING OVER 100 MAMMALIAN SPECIES AND 170 BIRD SPECIES NOT THOUGHT TO EXIST ELSEWHERE;--RICH SEAS ENCOMPASSING SOME 2.2 MILLION SQUARE KILOMETERS (850,000 SQUARE MILES), FORMING A DYNAMIC PART OF THE CORAL TRIANGLE.  Full article |
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MESSAGE OF DENR SECRETARY RAMON J.P. PAJE DURING THE LAUNCH OF THE ASEAN BIODIVERSITY OUTLOOK
SECRETARY RAMON J.P. PAJE
Dusit Thani Hotel, March 23, 2011 (Delivered by Undersecretary Demetrio L. Ignacio) YOUR EXCELLENCIES, FRIENDS FROM THE BUSINESS, MEDIA AND NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS, FELLOW WORKERS IN CONSERVATION, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. ASEAN IS A REGION THAT WE CAN ALL BE PROUD OF. IT IS RICH SN NATURAL RESOURCES. OUR REGION COMPRISE ONLY 3% OF THE WORLD'S LAND AREA, BUT IS HOME TO 20% OF ALL PLANT AND ANIMAL SPECIES OR BIODIVERSITY, ON EARTH. THREE OF THE 18 MEGA DIVERSE COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD CAN BE FOUND INASEAN - INDONESIA, MALAYSIA AND THE PHILIPPINES. THESE COUNTRIES ARE ALSO PART OF THE CORAL TRIANGLE, CONSIDERED THE RICHEST MARINE AREA IN THE WORLD. MAJORITY OF THE SPECIES IN THE REGION ARE UNIQUE AND CANNOT BE FOUND ANYWHERE ELSE. ITS BIODIVERSITY IS FULL OF SUPERLATIVES...THE BIGGEST, THE SMALLEST, THE TALLEST, THE SHORTEST, THE LARGEST AND LEANEST, THE MEANEST AND THE MOST DOCILE. Full article |
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WOMEN’S MONTH SPEECH
SECRETARY RAMON J.P. PAJE
DENR07 March 2011 (Delivered by Assistant Secretary Analiza R. Teh) GOOD MORNING TO EVERYONE AND HAPPY WOMEN’S MONTH! THIS YEAR’S THEME FOR THE WOMEN’S MONTH IS “MAGNA CARTA OF WOMEN, PHILIPPINE CEDAW – IN SUPPORT OF THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS.” MEDYO MABIGAT PO ANG THEME BECAUSE THERE ARE THREE IMPORTANT ELEMENTS – ONE IS OUR COMMITMENT TO AN INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT – CEDAW OR THE CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN; SECOND IS THE PHILIPPINE COMPLIANCE WITH THAT AGREEMENT – R.A. 9710 OR THE MAGNA CARTA OF WOMEN; AND THIRD, THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS OR MDGs, GOAL SEVEN OF WHICH PERTAINS TO “ENSURING ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY.” Full article |
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MESSAGE OF PRES.BENIGNO S. AQUINO III DURING THE 57TH ANNUAL NATIONAL MINE SAFETY & ENV'T CONFERENCE
EXCELLENCE BENIGNO S. AQUINO III
PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES 57TH ANNUAL NATIONAL MINE SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT CONFERENCE CAMP JOHN HAY CONVENTION CENTER, BAGUIO CITY NOVEMBER 20, 2010 (Delivered by DENR Secretary Ramon J.P. Paje) Magandang umaga po sa ating lahat. Isang karangalan po ang maging kinatawan ng Pangunlng Benigno S. Aquino III sa pagtitipong ito. Hayaan po ninyong ibahagi ko sa inyo ang kanyang mensahe. Full article |
SUSTAINING GROWTH IN THE PHILIPPINE MINING INDUSTRY
HON. RAMON JP PAJE
Secretary Department of Environment and Natural Resources DISTINGUISHED GUESTS, FELLOW MEMBERS OF THE CABINET, OFFICERS OF THE CHAMBER OF MINES OF THE PHILIPPINES, COLLEAGUES IN GOVERNMENT AND IN THE MINING INDUSTRY, FRIENDS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, GOOD MORNING. Full article |
THE PHILIPPINE RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE
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Hon. Ramon J.P. Paje Secretary, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (Keynote address delivered during the Muslim Asso. for Climate Change Action (MACCA) Roundtable Discussion, held on Sept. 7, 2010 at Imperial Palace Suites, Quezon City, Philippines.) Former Senator Dr. Santanina T. Rasul, Former Sec. Amina Rasul, Hon. Sen Loren Legarda, Sec. Heherson Alvarez, Prof. Nereus Acosta, to all Officers and Members of the Muslim Association for Climate Change, and participants to this Round-Table Discussion, MAKA-DIOS, MAKA-BAYAN, AT MAKAKALIKASANG BATI SA INYONG LAHAT.. Full article |
KICK-OFF PROGRAM FOR THE OZONE MONTH AND LAUNCHING OF MAC-TEST FOR THE OZONE LAYER
Published: Thursday, Sep. 02, 2010 (4:42 PM)
1 SEPTEMBER 2010
DENR COMPOUND, VISAYAS AVENUE, DILIMAN, QUEZON CITY KEYNOTE SPEECH* HON. RAMON J. P. PAJE SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES (RECOGNITION OF PRESENT OFFICIALS) THE 1987 MONTREAL PROTOCOL IS RECOGNIZED AS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF SUCCESSFUL COOPERATION BETWEEN NATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS AMONG GOVERNMENTS, INDUSTRIES, CIVIL SOCIETIES, ACADEME AND CITIZENS. AS A MEMBER-COUNTRY, WE COMMITTED TO GRADUALLY REDUCE AND EVENTUALLY ELIMINATE EIGHT GROUPS OF OZONE-DEPLETING SUBSTANCES (ODS) FOLLOWING A STEP-WISE REDUCTION SCHEDULE. Full article |