Provincial Government – Environment and Natural Resources Office

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Mandate

Pursuant to Provincial Ordinance No. 26, series of 1995, the PG-ENRO shall be responsible in adopting measures and provision of technical assistance to ensure the delivery of basic services and adequate facilities related to environmental protection and conservation of natural resources.

Mission

Persistently strive, using all cooperative measures and suited technologies, for the most effective and practical approach to reforest, manage waste ecologically, protect and preserve flora & fauna, control & monitor mining and quarrying while enforcing all environmental laws and sustain all other continuing initiatives to keep Bataan’s natural bounty to its optimum state.

Vision

An economically prosperous and independent peninsula with growing economic and industrial activities strengthened by abundant natural resources brought forth by the peoples common concern and action towards a clean and green environment for all the generations to come.

Duties and Functions

PLANS AND PROGRAMS DIVISION

Forest Management Section

  • Implements community-based forestry projects which include integrated social forestry programs and similar projects
  • Manages and controls communal forests with an area not exceeding fifty (50) square kilometers
  • Establishes tree parks, greenbelts and similar development projects

Biodiversity and Integrated Coastal Management Section

  • Implements Integrated Coastal Management (ICM) Program
  • Implements coastal and marine habitat and wildlife conservation projects which include mangrove development, marine turtle (pawikan) conservation and similar projects

PERMITTING AND COMPLIANCE MONITORING DIVISION

Environmental Management Section

  • Enforces pollution control and environmental protection laws, rules and regulations
  • Shares responsibility in the management and improvement/maintenance of water and air quality within their territorial jurisdiction
  • Implements solid waste management projects in support of city and municipal solid waste management systems

Mines and Geosciences Section

  • Enforcement of small-scale mining laws

Organizational Chart

PROJECTS, PROGRAMS and SERVICES

Provincial Greening Program

  • Tree, bamboo and mangrove planting
  • Seedling survival monitoring
  • Urban greening
  • Provision of seedlings (service)

Establishment of Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) Demo Site

Support to Community-Based Forest Management (CBFM)

  • TA to CBFM People's Organizations
  • TA on Monitoring and Evaluation of Certificate of Stewardship Contract (CSC)
  • Provision of Farm Inputs (service)

Operation and Maintenance of Provincial Plant Nursery

  • Collection of Wildlings
  • Seedling Propagation
  • Repair and Maintenance of Nursery Facilities
  • Seedling Inventory


1Bataan Pawikan Conservation Alliance Network (1PawiCAN)

  • Conduct of Network Meetings
  • Communication, Education, and Public Awareness (CEPA) on Pawikan Conservation
  • Support to Hatchery Establishment and Operations
  • Pawikan Night Patrol

Mangrove Development Program

  • Technical Assistance on Mangrove Planting (service)
  • Support to Establishment and Maintenance of Mangrove Nursery
  • Support to Establishment and Maintenance of Mangrove Ecotourism Site

International Coastal Clean-Up Activity

  • Conduct of Organizational Meeting
  • Support to Clean-Up Proper
  • Consolidation, Preparation and Submission of ICC Report

Technical Assistance on Wildlife Rescue (service)

PGB Counterpart to Protected Area Management Board (PAMB)

  • Attendance to PAMB meetings (Bataan Natural Park, Roosevelt Protected Landscape, Palanas Watershed)
  • Monitoring of Bataan Natural Park (PGB embedded personnel in DENR-PAMO BNP)

PGB Counterpart to Manila Bay Clean-Up and Rehabilitation Program

  • Attendance to Manila Bay Provincial TWG and Regional SCC meetings
  • Clean-up and monitoring of Talisay River and other waterways (PGB embedded personnel in LGU Balanga City)

Counterpart to Risk Resiliency Program for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation (RRP-CCAM)

Preparation of Project Proposals

PGB Solid Waste Management Program

  • Street Sweeping and Waste Collection of Capitol Grounds
  • Waste Collection and Disposal of Capitol Compound, BGH, Tourism, ODH, Command Center
  • Special Collection of Solid Waste (service)
  • Conduct of Provincial Solid Waste Management Board (PSWB) meetings
  • Support to City/Municipal Solid Waste Management
  • Communication, Education and Public Awareness (CEPA) on SWM

Issuance of Certificate of Environmental Compliance (CEC) (service)

Provincial Environmental Monitoring Program

  • Water Quality Monitoring of Selected Rivers
  • Ambient Air Quality Monitoring
  • Water Quality Assessment (service)
  • Rental of Water Quality Checker (service)
  • Short-Term Air Quality Monitoring (service)
  • Counterpart to Establishment and Operation of Environmental Monitoring Laboratory

Carbon Neutral Bataan Province

  • Entity-Level Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Inventory
  • Technical Assistance on Energy Conservation and Clean Energy Projects

PGB Counterpart to Bulacan-Bataan-Pampanga Airshed Governing Board (BPB-AGB)

  • Attendance to BPB-AGB meetings
  • Participation to BPB-AGB activities

Social and Environmental Safeguards (SES) Counterpart to Philippine Rural Development Program (PRDP)

Environment Pillar Counterpart to National Resilience Council (NRC)

Issuance of Quarry Permit/Industrial Sand and Gravel Permit (service)

Issuance of Special Excavation Permit (SEP) (service)

Monitoring of Small-Scale Mining Permits

Conduct of Provincial Mining Regulatory Board (PMRB) meetings

Formulation and updating of ENR Profiles, Plans, and Policies General Administrative Support Services

Accomplishment Report

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Capitol Compound, San Jose, City of Balanga, Bataan, Philippines 2100
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Mon – Fri: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm

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