Members of Tanggol Kalikasan gathered in a hybrid set-up for their 36th General Assembly held at Fresh Air Hotel, Lucena City and via zoom on 29 April 2023. Officially opening the ceremony, Mr. Nolasco Ritz Lee Santos III, incumbent President of TK, welcomed the members to its annual General Assembly and called the meeting to order. He also introduced the Board of Trustees (BoT) members and presented the resolution of BoT meetings from 2022-2023. Meanwhile, Atty. Fritzielyn Palmiera presented that there were at least 54 members in good standing who attended the meeting and certified the existence of quorum.

A three-day National Consultation on the Implementation of Devolved Forest Management Functions to the Local Government Units was held  on March 15-16, 2023 at Xenia Hotel, Clark, Pampanga. Tanggol Kalikasan (TK) in partnership with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources Forest Management Bureau (DENR-FMB) and Forest Foundation Philippines (FFP) conducted consultation workshop between the agency and LGU representatives from all regions of the country.

A week of gathering on January 16-20, 2023 in a workshop and training of representatives from Philippine Law Enforcement Agencies with speakers from countries such as Australia, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, America and Europe. The joint training aims to strengthen the campaign on the suppression of Illegal wildlife trade and transnational organized crime conducted in the city of Puerto Princesa in the province of Palawan.

Eight (8) coastal municipalities in La Union implemented area specific action plans (ASAP) from 2020 to 2022. ASAP was formulated after the topic discussions in the environmental governance webinar conducted for the coastal municipalities in La Union where LGU department heads are the participants. Municipalities included are Rosario, Santo Tomas, Agoo, Aringay, Bauang, San Fernando, San Juan and Bacnotan. Seventeen projects were implemented to support their resource management, environmental law enforcement, and information education campaigns.

PALAWAN - Six municipalities namely Agutaya, Cagayanciillo, Cullion, Kalayaan, Rizal and San Vicente all from the province of Palawan implemented the Area Specific Action Plan or ASAP under Environmental Justice Sector Reform Program (EJSRP) of Tanggol Kalikasan Inc., with the support from the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) and US-Department of State and International Technical Affairs (USDOI-ITAP) in partnership with Western Philippines University and Palawan State University.

Five municipality and one city from the province of Pangasinan (Sual, Labrador, Lingayen Binmaley, San Fabian and Dagupan City) implemented the area specific action plan under the project of Environmental Justice Sector Reform Program of Tanggol Kalikasan with the support fund from the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) and US-Department of State and International Technical Affairs (USDOI-ITAP) in partnership with Pangasinan State University.

November 2022

The Port Assessment cum Capacity Building for Port of Subic Bay were conducted by DENR-BMB in partnership with Tanggol Kalikasan (TK) on Port of Subic Bay from November 9-11, 2022 at Subic Bay Peninsular Hotel, Subic, Zambales. The activity was part of TK’s programmatic approach which is support to Environmental Law Enforcement. The said port assessment was participated by government agencies led by DENR Region 3 and other partner government agencies of the region.

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