Philippines: DENR 2 Organizes Anti-Illegal Logging Task Force

Philippines: DENR 2 Organizes Anti-Illegal Logging Task Force Thelma C. Bicarme, 2011   Pursuant to President Benigno S. Aquino’s Executive Order no. 23, declaring a moratorium on the cutting and harvesting of timber in the natural and residual forests and creating the anti-illegal logging task force, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) immediately organized the task force to ensure the implementation of the executive order and assist the DENR in the enforcement of...

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