The Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Sub-Office in this province has recently conducted an orientation to the newly-elected barangay officials of the municipality of Quezon.
The orientation, which is a part of the agency's information, education and communication program, was conducted by PENRO- Isabela sub-office Head Enrique Pasion, (at the rostrum in photo) where he discussed various environment laws being implemented by the environment department.
Among them were Presidential Decree 705 or the Revised Forest Reform Code of the Philippines of 1975, Chain Saw Act and the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act.
Pasion reminded barangay officials to be careful in signing Certifications or documents on Land Titling to avoid problems.
He said barangay officials are partners of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and barangay leaders have important responsibilities in ensuring that environmental laws are implemented being in the frontline and knew the real situation in their respective areas.
The DENR official urged barangay leaders to report to the DENR or other law enforcement agencies if there are violators of environmental laws like illegal logging, illegal transporting of forest products, kaingin and several other violations.
“Our agency is sincere in protecting the remaining natural resources in our area of jurisdiction and violators must stop their illegal activities,” Pasion said during the orientation. (Merlito G. Edale)
Source: Philippine Information Agency
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