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CALL FOR ENTRIES: 6TH INTERNATIONAL
ART FESTIVAL ON WATER
 
Cognizant of this, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) enjoins the participation of children and youth in the 6th International Art Festival on Optimum Water in May 2010 in Tehran Province, Iran.

Organized by the Tehran Province Water and Wastewater Company, the Festival invites the children and youth from all continents and countries to communicate with each other with the delicate language of art on the great value of water. It also provides opportunity for young artists to exchange water preservation ideas through gathering purposeful presentation of artworks. The biannual event aims to educate young people in conveying awareness on water conservation and environment protection through presentation of artworks in the form of short film, painting, photography and caricature.

Entries should revolve around the theme on the value and importance of water; world water scarcity; role of water in environment; ways of preventing water loss; ways to control water resources pollution; advantages of implementing wastewater network; lack of wastewater network and its negative effects; and proper water use.

Interested participants are invited to visit their website at www.wafteh.com for details on the requirements, general rules and conditions of the festival as well as the entry forms. Deadline of submission of entries is not later than March 2010.
DENR Regional Executive Director Primitivo C. Galinato Jr. encourages the children and youth in region 8 who has the artistic capabilities to take advantage of this opportunity, not only for international recognition but more importantly to let their voices be heard on the delicate and critical global concern which is water conservation.
Last Updated ( Monday, 15 March 2010 )
 
DENR GIVES AWAY OVER 20K FREE PATENTS IN REGION 8
 
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in region 8 has distributed 21,488 Free Patents to beneficiaries of the Handog Titulo Program at the close of 2009. The land titles distributed covers an aggregate of 18,566.153 hectares in the six (6) Eastern Visayas provinces.

Regional Technical Director Ramon Unay of the Land Management Service revealed that around 58% were generated through the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) while the Land Administration and Management Project produced around 40% of the total number of Free Patents distributed.

“A total of 12,540 Free Patents were processed and issued through the DENR-CARP,” says RTD Unay. “This covers an aggregate area of 11,711.74 hectares regionwide.”

RTD Unay further disclosed that the implementation of LAMP Phase 2 in the region has resulted in the issuance of 8,760 land titles with an aggregate of 6,847.16 hectares in the different Leyte towns were the Project is being implemented. Another 188 Free Patents were issued under the regular and downloaded funds of the Department to its field offices in the region.

Free Patents issued by the DENR through the Handog Titulo Program serves as absolute proof of ownership for it beneficiaries. The land titles are given to actual occupants of alienable and disposable lands after completing certain documentary requirements

Regional Executive Director Primitivo Galinato, Jr. encourages the recipients of the Free Patents to make their lands productive. The distribution of lands through the Handog Titulo Program is one of government’s strategies to address poverty in the uplands as it implements its Anti Hunger Mitigation Program through the administration of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
 

CARING FOR WETLANDS, AN ANSWER

TO CLIMATE CHANGE

Wetlands once again take center stage as the global community celebrates World Wetlands Day on February 2.

Anchored on the international theme for World Wetlands Day 2010 "Wetlands, Biodiversity, and Climate Change," its focus is on Caring for our wetlands - an answer to climate change. This year’s celebration also takes cognizance of the United Nations’ declaration making 2010 as the International Year of Biodiversity. It recognizes the likely impact of climate change on wetland ecosystems, and the role of wetlands in climate change mitigation and adaptation.

Wetlands are areas of land where water covers the soil – all year or just at certain times of the year. They include swamps, marshes, lakes, lagoons, salt marshes, mudflats, mangroves, coral reefs, fens, and peatlands. Wetlands are an important natural resource of the environment as they provide habitat and breeding grounds for fishes and other marine life, among others.
Regional Executive Director Primitivo C. Galinato Jr. stressed that to celebrate WWD 2010, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in region 8 spearheads several activities through the Protected Areas, Wildlife and Coastal Zone Management Service. It shall conduct information, education, communication campaigns to increase public awareness on the importance of wetlands and how climate change may impact wetland ecosystems.

PAWCZMS Regional Technical Director Ricardo T. Tomol informed that Dalaw Turo activities shall be conducted in schools and communities at identified wetland areas Wetland visit and monitoring of migratory birds in Canigao Island, Matalom, Leyte shall also form part of the activities lined up for the celebration.

The tri-media shall also be tapped to help convey the message of World Wetlands Day to the public. A lecture series on Wetlands and Biodiversity shall be sponsored for DENR employees as well as the academe. This will run from February 8-28 at the DENR regional office.

RED Galinato invites the public to visit the DENR regional office where an exhibit on the World Wetlands Day celebration has been set up.

World Wetlands Day is celebrated internationally each year marks the anniversary of the signing of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Convention) in Ramsar, Iran, on 2 February 1971.

 

 

Last Updated ( Thursday, 04 February 2010 )
 
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