c of the Philippines Republ Department of Environment and Natural Resources § PROTECTED AREAS AND WILDLIFE BUREAU — — Quezon Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City ‘Tel, Nos, (652) 924-608 I t0 35 Fax: (632) 924-0109, (632) 920-4486 —_ Website: hup:/www.pawb.govph E-mail: planning@pawb.gov;ph MS. ANNA OPOSA Email: Dear Ms. Oposa, Thank you very much for bringing our attention to the business transactions of the Shell Horizons, a Florida-based company engaged in the import and export of marine resources such as shells and corals. We have received similar notices before and we have in fact brought this to the attention of Atty. Malcolm Sarmiento, the current Director of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources. (Please see attached letter), We referred this issue to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatics Resources of the Department of Agriculture, much to our desire to act directly on the matter since regulations over marine resources are under the jurisdiction of that Office. Section 4 of Republic Act No. 9147, An Act Providing for the Conservation and Protection of Wildlife Resources and their Habitats, Appropriating Funds therefor and for Other Purposes, states that “Jurisdiction of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the Department of Agriculture. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) shall have Jurisdiction over all terrestrial plant and animal species, all turtles and tortoises and wetland species, including but not limited to crocodiles, waterbirds and all amphibians and dugong. The Department of Agriculture (DA) shall have jurisdiction over all declared aquatic critical habitats, all aquatic resources including but not limited to all fishes, aquatic plants, invertebrates and all marine ‘mammals, except dugong. The secretaries of the DENR and the DA shall review, and by joint administrative order, revise and regularly update the list of species under their respective jurisdiction. In the Province of Palawan, jurisdiction herein conferred is vested to the Palawan Council for Sustainable Development pursuant to Republic Act No. 7611.“ Rest assured that we are giving our full support and cooperation against any violation of laws, rules and regulations on the conservation of our rich biological diversity Very truly yours, THERESA MUNDITA'S. LIM Director Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau-DENR Protect & conserve our forest to save our wildlife