Department of Environment and Natural Resources Acting Secretary Jim O. Sampulna (middle) watches as newly-designated Forest Management Bureau (FMB) Director Tirso P. Parian, Jr. (right) receives the FMB flag during the turnover ceremony of the FMB Directorship held on April 4, 2022 at the FMB conference room. Parian served as Regional Executive Director of DENR-Eastern Visayas prior to his new assignment. FMB outgoing director and DENR Assistant Secretary Marcial C. Amaro, Jr. (left) assumes his post as Assistant Secretary for Policy, Planning, and Foreign and Special-Assisted Projects. The FMB is a staff bureau of the DENR responsible for the effective protection, development, conservation of the country’s forestlands and watersheds.###