The world’s “largest marine conservation non-profit” hailed Secretary Regina Lopez of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) on Thursday, a day after her posting at the department was rejected by the Commission on Appointments (CA).

Oceana, in a statement, cited the “trail-blazing achievements of outgoing DENR Secretary Lopez in bravely pushing for policies to sustainably protect the country’s environmentally-critical areas, including protected seascapes and save them from destructive activities that threaten their ecological integrity.”

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