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DENR Seals Landmark Partnership with PLDT-Smart for Peatlands Conservation
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has forged a partnership with leading telecoms and digital services provider PLDT, Inc. (PLDT) and its wireless subsidiary Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) to protect one of the country’s most vital natural resources needed to combat climate change – its peatlands. Under this agreement, the…
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DENR-BMB, Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda, CCCLaunch Pa Talk
#ProtectedAreasForAProtectedFuture Pilot episode featured frontliners of biodiversity conservation The pilot episode of PA Talk #ProtectedAreasforAProtectedFuture streamed live at 10:00 AM of June 22, Monday – the 2nd anniversary of the enactment of R.A. No. 11038 or the Expanded National Integrated Protected Areas System (ENIPAS) Act of 2018. The program was hosted by Deputy Speaker Loren…
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First Record of Hooded Cranes in the Philippines
By Anson M. Tagtag and John Berhel Doria On March 5, 2020, the DENR Region 13 confirmed the presence of seven Hooded cranes (Grus monacha) in Brgy. Libertad, Sta. Monica, Siargao Island, the first record of the species in the country. The sighting was previously reported on February 25, 2020 by Greg Laude, a member…
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2020 Philippine Eagle Week
Every June 4-10 of each calendar year, we celebrate the life and survival of the Philippine eagle, our National Bird and as the flagship species in the campaign for the conservation of the rich biodiversity of the country. Now on its 22nd year, the 2020 Philippine Eagle Week is no different from the previous years,…
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Make Every Day Earth Day With Mission 1.5
This Earth Day, the DENR – Biodiversity Management Bureau invites you to pledge your #ClimatePromise by taking part of the Mission 1.5 campaign called “Stay Home & Play for Climate this Earth Day.” Mission 1.5 is a mobile game and survey developed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) – Philippines to educate people about…
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DENR Suspends Forest Products, Wildlife Transport
MANILA, Philippines – Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu has temporarily suspended the transportation of all forest products and wildlife throughout the country to contain the spread of the corona virus disease (COVID-19). The DENR is taking this precautionary measure considering recent research that links the origin of COVID-19 with illegal wildlife trade. According to a report…
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Illegal Wildlife Trade: A Conduit Through Which Coronavirus Transmitted to Human
by Atty. Theresa M. Tenazas The wildlife of the Philippines includes a significant number of endemic animal and plant species. Out of the country’s 52,177 species, 67% of which are endemic and 418 of them are listed as threatened by the Red List of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources…
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DENR Awards Wildlife Defenders and Announces Intensified Efforts to Stop Organized Environmental Crime
Quezon City, March 3, 2020 — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) announced that it will intensify efforts to combat wildlife crime, in partnership with law enforcement agencies such as the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), Philippine National Police (PNP) Maritime Group, and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), during the 7th…
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Beta Version of Wild alert Mobile App Put to Test
The Biodiversity Management Bureau conducted a two-day pilot testing of the beta version of the mobile application Wildlife Agency and Citizen Law Enforcement Reporting Tool or WildALERT held last February 19-20, 2020. The mobile app is currently being developed by BMB in partnership with USAID-Protect Wildlife Project to help improve the wildlife law enforcement in…
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DENR-ABD/GEF (IWT) Project Holds Its 3rd Technical Working Group Meeting
The DENR-ADB/GEF IWT Combating Organized Environmental Crimes in the Philippines (IWT Project) held its 3rd TWG meeting last February 5, 2020 in Quezon City. The meeting which was presided by Biodiversity Management Bureau (BMB) Assistant Director Armida P. Andres discussed the directives from the 2nd Project Steering Committee (PSC) meeting and progress updates of the…
