Environment Secretary Roy A. Cimatu (center) listens intently as Mitsubishi’s first vice president and corporate secretary Dante C. Santos (2nd from right) discusses the company’s corporate social responsibility programs that it will pursue together with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)  on Wednesday (May 31) at the DENR office in Quezon City.  Mitsubishi’s CEO in the Philippines Yoshiaki Kato (to Cimatu’s left) led the company delegation in paying a courtesy call on Cimatu, who expressed appreciation for the company’s continuing support to the government’s environmental protection programs.  Also in photo are (from left):  DENR Director for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Edwin Domingo and DENR Undersecretary for Planning and International Environmental Affairs Jonas Leones. ###

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Published: 01 June 2017

Environment Secretary Roy A. Cimatu (center) discusses with representatives of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) led by Dr. Klaus Schmitt and Dr. Bjoern Surborg, the priorities of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) under his helm, including clean air, clean water and solid waste management.  The GIZ representatives paid Cimatu a courtesy call in his office in Quezon City on Tuesday where they also briefed him about the various biodiversity projects the German government are supporting in the Philippines. Also in photo is  Biodiversity Management Bureau Director Mundita Lim (extreme right).  ###

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Published: 01 June 2017

Artist Luis “Junyee” Yee, Jr. (left photo) explains his masterpiece, “Ugnayan” (right photo), an installation art made from big pieces of recycled hardwood pillars and metal, during the launching of Museum of Philippine Biodiversity at the Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Center (NAPWC) in Quezon City on May 22. With the artwork resembling a forest or a group of trees, Yee’s masterpiece aims to make the public see the unity and cooperation of 21 nations composing the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC). ###

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Published: 26 May 2017

Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu plants yet another tree seedling, this time a narra, to rise with the towering mahogany trees (background) which he planted 44 years ago. The trees now line the major road of Camp Leandro Fullon in SanJose, Antique where he was stationed  in the 70s as a junior officer with the rank of  1st Lieutenant   in the Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army.  Cimatu’s stop-over at the camp site coincided with his visit to DENR-Region 6 office  last May 16, marking the first leg of his official  tour of duty as DENR chief. Also in photo is Environmental Management Bureau-Region VI Director Ruel de los Reyes and DENR-Region VI Director Jim Sampulna (1st & 2nd from left, respectively), with DENR Chief of Staff Mario Chan (right) ###

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Published: 26 May 2017

Environment Secretary Roy A. Cimatu (right) pays tribute to Ms. Luz Escalante-Sabas (inset) during the launching of her book  “Toward Zero Waste” held Friday, May 12, 2017, at the Bahay ng Alumni of the University of the Philippines in Quezon City.  Cimatu cited Sabas, whose advocacy work on solid waste management which she started in the 70’s, paved the way for the passage of Republic Act No. 9003, otherwise known as the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000.  Sabas is also a co-founder of the Zero Waste Recycling Movement of the Philippines which provides training to civic groups and local government units across the country on zero waste management. ###

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Published: 15 May 2017