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Stiffer penalties, higher fines to deter environmental crimes

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Business Mirror (Philippines)

Publication Date
2017-08-07

An official of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) last Sunday lauded the committee on natural resources of the House of Representatives for approving the consolidated bill that seeks to expand the coverage and give more teeth to the National Integrated Protected Areas System (Nipas) Act of 1992. In a telephone interview, Director Theresa Mundita S. Lim of the DENR’s Biodiversity Management Bureau said the passage of the Expanded-Nipas (E-Nipas) bill, which will impose stiffer penalties and higher fines, will deter environmental crimes, aside from increasing by 94 the number of protected areas (Pas) backed by legislative measure.

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http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/stiffer-penalties-higher-fines-to-deter-environmental-crimes/