Reorganization

Act of the
Department of
Environment and
Natural Resources
(Executive Order No. 192 s. 1987)
 Department of Environmental and Natural
Resources (DENR)
• Section 4-Mandate and Objectives
• Section 5-Powers and Functions
• Section 6-Structural Organization
• Section 13-Forest Management Bureau
• Section 14-Lands Management Bureau
• Section 15-Mines and Geo-Sciences Bureau
• Section 18-Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau

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 Mandate and Objectives of DENR

Assure the
Increase the Conserve specific
availability and
productivity of Enhance the terrestrial and
sustainability of the
natural resources in contribution of Promote equitable marine areas
country's natural
order to meet the natural resources access to natural representative of
resources through
demands for forest, for achieving resources by the the Philippine
judicious use and
mineral, and land national economic different sectors of natural and cultural
systematic
resources of a and social the population heritage for present
restoration or
growing development. and future
replacement,
population. generations.
whenever possible.

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 Powers and Functions
Advise the President on the enactment of laws relative to the development, use, regulation, and
conservation of the country’s natural resources and the control of pollution.

Formulate, implement, and supervise the government’s policies, plans and programs pertaining to the
management, conservation, development, use and replenishment of the country’s natural resources.

Promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with law governing the exploration, development,
conservation, extraction, disposition, use and such other commercial activities tending to cause the
depletion and degradation of our natural resources.

Exercise supervision and control over forest lands, alienable and disposable lands, and mineral resources
and in the process of exercising such control the Department shall impose appropriate payments, fees,
charges, rentals and any such form of levy and collect such revenues for the exploration, development,
utilization or gathering of such resources.

Undertake exploration, assessment, classification and inventory of the country’s natural resources using
ground surveys, remote sensing and complementary technologies.

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 Powers and Functions
Promote proper and mutual consultation with the private sector involving natural resources
development, use and conservation.

Undertake geological surveys of the whole country including its territorial waters.

Establish policies and implement programs for the acceleration, equitable distribution, promotion,
development, expansion, preservation and maintenance of all natural and environmental resources.

Promulgate rules and regulation necessary to accelerate cadastral and emancipation patent surveys,
land use planning and public land titling. Harness forest resources in a sustainable manner and expedite
mineral resources surveys, promote the production of metallic and non-metallic minerals.

Regulate the development, disposition, extraction, exploration and use of the country’s forest, land and
mineral resources.

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 Powers and Functions
Assume responsibility for the assessment, development, protection, conservation, licensing and
regulation as provided for by law.

Promulgate rules, regulations and guidelines on the issuance of co-production, joint venture or
production sharing agreements, licenses, permits, concessions, leases and such other privileges and
arrangement concerning the development, exploration and utilization of the country’s natural resources
and shall continue to oversee, supervise and police our natural resources.

Exercise exclusive jurisdiction on the management and disposition of all lands of the public domain and
shall continue to be the sole agency responsible for classication, sub-classication, surveying and titling of
lands in consultation with appropriate agencies.

Implement measures for the regulation and supervision of the processing of forest products, grading and
inspection of lumber and other forest products and monitoring of the movement of timber and other
forest product.

Promulgate rules and regulations for the control of water, air and land pollution.

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 Powers and Functions
Promulgate ambient and effluent standards for water and
air quality including the allowable levels of other pollutants
and radiations.

Promulgate policies, rules and regulations for the

conservation of the country’s genetic resources and
biological diversity, and endangered habitats.

Formulate an integrated, multi-sectoral, and multi-

disciplinary National Conservation Strategy, which will be
presented to the Cabinet for the President’s approval.

Exercise other powers and functions and perform such

other acts as may be necessary, proper or incidental to the
attainment of its mandates and objectives.
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FOREST
MANAGEMENT
BUREAU
Functions (Section 13, EO 192, s. 1987)
 Undertake studies on the
economics of forestry and
Recommend policies and/or forest-based industries,
Develop plans, programs, Assist in the monitoring and
programs for the effective Advise the regional offices including supply and Perform other functions as
operating standards and evaluation of forestry and
protection, development, in the implementation of demand trends on the local, may be assigned by the
administrative measures to watershed development
occupancy, management the policies and/or national and international Secretary and/or provided
promote the Bureau’s projects to ensure efficiency
and conservation of forest programs levels, identifying by law.
objectives and functions. and effectiveness.
lands and watersheds . investment problems and
opportunities, in various
areas.

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LANDS
MANAGEMENT
BUREAU
Functions (Section 14, EO 192, s. 1987)
 Recommend policies Assist the Secretary
and programs for the as Executive Officer
efficient and charged with
Develop operating
effective carrying out the
Advise the Regional Assist in the standards and
administration, Issue standards, provisions of the
Offices on the monitoring and procedures to
surveys, guidelines, Public Land Act, who
efficient and evaluation of land enhance the Bureau’s
management and regulations and shall have direct
effective surveys, objectives and
disposition of orders to enforce executive control of
implementation of management and functions and
alienable and policies for the the survey,
policies, programs disposition of lands perform other
disposable lands of maximization of land classification, lease,
and projects for to ensure efficiency functions as may be
the public domain use and sale or any other
more effective public and effectiveness assigned by the
and other lands development. forms of concessions
lands management thereof. Secretary and/or
outside the or disposition and
provided by law
responsibilities of management of the
other government lands of the public
agencies. domain.

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MINES AND
GEO-SCIENCES
BUREAU
Functions (Section 15, EO 192, s. 1987)
 Assist in the monitoring and
evaluation of the Bureau’s
programs and projects to ensure
efficiency and effectiveness
thereof and develop and
promulgate standards and
operating procedures on mineral
resources development and
geology.
Advise the Regional Offices on
the effective implementation of
Recommend policies, regulations mineral development and
and programs pertaining to conservation programs as well as
mineral resources development geological surveys and perform
and geology. other functions as may be
assigned by the Secretary and/or
provided by law.

Advise the Secretary on the

granting of mining rights and
contracts over areas containing
metallic and non-metallic
mineral resources.

Recommend policies, regulations

and oversee the development Supervise and control the
and exploitation of mineral development and packaging of
resources of the sea within the nationally applicable
country’s jurisdiction such as technologies on geological
silica sand, gold placer, survey, mineral resource
magnetite and chromite sand, assessment, mining and
etc. metallurgy.

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PROTECTED AREAS
AND WILDLIFE
BUREAU
Functions (Section 18, EO 192, s. 1987)
 Perform other functions as may be assigned by the
Secretary and/or provided by law.

Formulate and recommend policies, guidelines, rules

and regulations for the establishment and
management of an Integrated Protected Areas
Systems such as national parks, wildlife sanctuaries
and refuge, marine parks, and biospheric reserves.

Assist the Secretary in the monitoring and

assessment of the management of the Integrated Formulate and recommend policies, guidelines, rules
Protected Areas System and provide technical and regulations for the preservation of biological
assistance to the regional Offices in the diversity, genetic resources, the endangered
implementation of programs for these areas. Philippine flora and fauna.

Prepare an up-to-date listing of endangered

Philippine flora and fauna and recommend a program
of conservation and propagation of the same.

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