Manila, June 25 -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources' (DENR) Environment Management Bureau (EMB) 6 (Western Visayas) will hold public scoping and hearing activities for three major proposed projects in Negros Occidental next month.

The public scoping for the PHP60 million oil palm plantation of Hacienda Asia Plantations, Inc. (HAPI) in Candoni will be held at the municipal covered gymnasium on July 3 while for the poultry farm expansion project of Super Binhi Agri Ventures, Inc. in Sagay City, at Barangay Plaridel's covered court on July 4.

"The public scoping is an early stage in the environmental impact assessment (EIA) process where the proponent aims to provide an overview of the proposed project," the EMB-6 said i...