Manila, Oct. 10 -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has reduced its backlog of cases by 62 percent over the course of one year, according to its Legal Affairs Service (LAS).
In his inventory report submitted to Environment Secretary Roy A. Cimatu, LAS director Norlito Eneran said the DENR's case backlog went down to 559 in January 2019 from a high of 1,482 in January 2018.
Eneran said the gains came after Cimatu started a program to eliminate the backlog and adopt alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in resolving cases filed with the DENR.
Cimatu said this development demonstrates how serious the DENR is in addressing its case backlog.
"The days of long, drawn-out cases are finally numbered," he said.
"The pro...