Department of Environment and Natural Resources

Department of Environment and Natural Resources

Kagawaran ng Kapaligiran at Likas na Yaman
Department overview
Formed	January 1, 1917; 107 years ago (1917-01-01)
Headquarters	DENR Building, Visayas Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City
Annual budget	₱23.6 billion (2021)[1]
Department executives	Maria Antonia Yulo Loyzaga, Secretary Jose Joaquin Y. Loyzaga, Head Executive Assistant, Office of the Secretary Marilou G. Erni, Undersecretary for Strategic Communications and Chief of Staff, Office of the Secretary
Website	www.denr.gov.ph

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (Filipino: Kagawaran ng Kapaligiran at Likas na Yaman), abbreviated as DENR, is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for the conservation, management, development, and proper use of the country’s environment in natural resources, specifically forest and grazing lands, mineral resources, including those in reservation and watershed areas, and lands of the public domain, as well as the licensing and regulation of all natural resources as may be provided for by law in order to ensure equitable sharing of the benefits derived therefrom for the welfare of the present and future generations of Filipinos.