In celebration of the Earth Day 2023, SM CARES together with the Department of Environment and Resources (DENR), and Sacred Heart College held an earth day event with the theme, Invest in Our Planet, Invest in Our Youth, at SM City Lucena Event Center last 22 April 2023.
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.
In a three-day CSO Summit held in Puerto Princesa Palawan on March 1-3, big wigs in the civic organizations, non-government offices, people’s organizations, fisherfolk cooperatives and academes come together and commit to protect the West Philippine Sea through a ceremonial hand painting signing.
August-September 2022
An Environmental Law Enforcement Training conducted under the Darwin Initiative through Mabuwaya Foundation, Inc (MFI) in partnership with Tanggol Kalikasan, Inc. The training and workshops were conducted in the Municipality of San Mariano, Isabela on August 31 to September 2, 2022 and in the Municipality of Baggao, Cagayan dated September 27-29, 2022.
