Municipal Mayor of Gutalac, Hon. Justin Quimbo extended his heartfelt thanks to the DENR for the technical assistance to capacitate the 91 volunteers composed of Barangay Chairmen, Barangay Kagawads, and Barangay Tanods within the 33 barangays in the Municipality of Gutalac who participated to be deputized ENR Officers to their respective barangays.
OIC RED/ARD Gadot said in his message that this event aims to orient the participants under the Province of Zamboanga del Norte and become our active partners in the protection and conservation of our natural resources and management of the environment through collaboration and coordination with the Local Government Unit of Gutalac under the leadership of Hon. Mayor Eddie Justin Quimbo.
Among the topics discussed by OIC RED/ARD Gadot were the Forestry Laws, Rules and Regulations, Guidelines in the Conduct of Apprehension, Administrative Adjudication Proceedings of Illegal Forest Products, and the Machinery Equipment, Tools, and Conveyances pursuant to DAO 97-32, DAO 2020-18 and scaling of Logs, Flitches and Lumber.
Engr. Adonis Angelo J. Cañon from the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) tackled Prohibited Acts and Penalties on Mining Laws, Guidelines in the conduct of Apprehension, Seizure, Confiscation, and Disposition of illegally sourced Mineral Products and by-products, Tools, Conveyances, and Equipment used pursuant to MGB MC No. 2018-01 while Engr. Franz Noble of the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) discussed on the Prohibited Acts and Penalties on Environmental Laws.
(Source: DENR Zamboanga Peninsula Facebook Page)
