THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is hosting a meeting of the environment cluster of the Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) slated for July 10-14 in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan. DENR senior officials led by Undersecretary Demetrio Ignacio will comprise the Philippine delegation to the sixth BIMP-EAGA environment cluster meeting, which will focus on best practices and guidelines for sustainable ecotourism, farming and fishing among member countries. During the meeting, updates on the two BIMP-EAGA projects of the Philippines will be presented. Ignacio is the environment cluster head of the Philippine-EAGA. In the environment cluster, the focus of cooperation includes sustainable management of critical ecosystems, climate change adaptation and mitigation, clean and green production technologies; addressing transboundary issues; and environment mainstreaming.

Source: Manila Times July 07, 2017 18:00 UTC