ILOILO CITY (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) led a two-day multistakeholder forum in the Visayas, January 18-19, to generate inputs from industry and sector leaders for the refinement of its Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) framework.

The ENR framework will serve as the foundation for science-based, data-driven, and socially, politically, and culturally-sensitive decision-making, a press release from DENR noted.

In a press conference, DENR Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo Loyzaga underscored the continued commitment of the agency in addressing environmental challenges while balancing the demands of development through enhancing its collaborations with various sectors that are likewise in pursuit of sustainable advancements.

Loyzaga further described the strengthening of partnerships among various sectors as a synergy that will generate new capacities for the public to protect, restore, and enhance the country’s “rich but threatened ecosystems.”

vulnerable to the impacts of climate crisis, and how the DENR should act as the central hub for data to efficiently quantify the risks of the climate crisis and the value of recommended actions.

It could be noted that the multistakeholder engagement in the Visayas leg formed part of the DENR’s campaign to dynamically integrate scientific, technological, traditional knowledge, expertise, and innovation to the agency’s overall strategies, policies, and processes by establishing partnerships between and among the government, private sector, civil society, academic and scientific institutions, and international development partners of the Philippines. (JBG/AGP/PIA 6)