DENR-EMB Caraga to spearhead activities in
support of R. A. 9512
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, Aug 18 (PIA) -- Member-agencies of
the Environmental Education Committee, led by the Department of Environment and
Natural Resources (DENR)-Caraga, planned activities for the coming months in
support of Republic Act No. 9512 or the Environmental Awareness and Education
Act of 2008.
The committee had been reconstituted to ensure
continuing integration and implementation of environmental awareness and
education programs in all levels of school curricula and capacity-building
programs.
As stipulated in the act, the committee in the
regional level is chaired by the regional executive director of DENR while
co-chaired by the regional director of the Environmental Management Bureau
(EMB).
EMB-Caraga officer-in-charge Engr. Ester Olavides said
the committee will be spearheading the Regional Ecological Solid Waste
Management Summit on September 12 with invited speakers to talk on
environmental issues and concerns and other related topics.
“In this Regional Summit, not only the local
government units in the region are invited but also the government agencies,
academe, and other sectors, since this is everybody’s concern,” Olavides said.
Along with the summit is the memorandum of
agreement between the Materials Recovery Facility with the junk shops and
commercial establishments.
Also, September is a Coastal Clean-up Month - on
September 21, the DENR and EMB will be conducting a coastal cleanup activity at
the coastal areas in Magallanes, Agusan del Norte.
The activity is also in time with the observance
of the International Coastal Clean-up Day on September 22.
Several government agencies have already
expressed their commitment to support and participate in all the activities set
by the committee. (JPG/PIA-Caraga)
