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Dalaw-turo for Mommies
The Battle for Manila Bay continues. The BMB conducted its second Dalaw-Turo for the Tullahan-Tinajeros River system last May 25 – with a twist. We had children participants during our first Dalaw-Turo, this time we invited their mommies instead. But the message is still the same: if we want to clean-up Manila Bay, everyone should…
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DENR: Stronger Public-private Partnership Needed to Address Marine Plastic Pollution
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has called on the government, business sector and other stakeholders to work together to find the best solutions to plastic pollution, which has become one of the most serious threats to the health of oceans and a major hazard to marine biodiversity. DENR Assistant Secretary and concurrent…
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Mainstreaming Biodiversity in the Infrastructure Sector
In a 2018 The Guardian interview, Dr. Cristiana Pasca Palmer, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD), said that biodiversity is the ‘infrastructure’ that supports all life on the planet. Dr. Palmer shares that, “Whenever we lose species through extinction, the web of life is destroyed and this affects the resilience…
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Dalaw Turo in Tawi-tawi
DENR-Biodiversity Management Bureau together with USAID’s Protect Wildlife team conducted Dalaw Turo in Bongao, and the Turtle Islands in Tawi-tawi from June 14-19, 2019. Dalaw Turo hopes to raise awareness on biodiversity conservation among the youth and the community through interactive activities, games, puppetry, and story telling sessions. Tawi-tawi is home to the remaining 20-30…
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Little “Marine Scientists” for a Day
Sixty (60) students from three elementary schools in Mabini, Batangas joined the Hands-on-ARMS outreach event on 14 June 2019 at Seas Spring Resort. Hands-on-ARMS is an annual outreach event organized by the Biodiversity Management Bureau to increase awareness on marine cryptobiota and create local champions for marine biodiversity conservation. Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structure or ARMS…
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Civil Service Institute Conducts Ethical Leadership Training for Biodiversity Management Bureau
Selected BMB staff attended the Ethical Leadership Training conducted by the Civil Service Institute (CSI) last April 24-26, 2019 at the Brentwood Suites in Quezon City.Thirty-eight participants composed of Division chiefs and section chiefs from the different divisions and units under the Office of the Director attended the 3-day training. Mr. Jay Tumaliuan, an HR…
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BMB Joins Women’s Month Celebration
With the theme, “We Make Change Work for Women”, the Biodiversity Management Bureau joined the nation in celebrating Women’s Month. During this year’s month long celebration, there were activities organized and spearheaded by the BMB Gender and Development Focal Point System (GFPS) that promoted the equality of rights and opportunities for women, gender equality, and empowering…
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Continuing the Battle for Manila Bay
Sa Sama-samang Pagkilos, Tullahan River ay Maisasayos Many doubt us. They say it can’t be done. They think we’re just wasting our time. But the people of the Biodiversity Management Bureau (BMB) are committed and steadfast. We’re not put down by negative talk. We stay positive around pessimism. That’s why this Sunday March 31, we…
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Driving Investment and Accountability the Focus of New Monitoring Platform for Biodiversity Finance in the Philippines
Manila, Philippines (4 March 2019) – A new partnership was launched this week to develop an online Biodiversity Monitoring and Evaluation system and an investment platform to meet national targets for biodiversity conservation. The Platform will facilitate transparency and accountability in investment and track the progress of the PBSAP (Philippine Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan)…
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Ph Culminates International Year of the Reef Celebration
The Philippines had actively participated in the celebration of 3rd International Year of the Reef (IYOR) 2018 with the theme, “Together in Protecting Our Reefs”. IYOR, which happens every 10 years, aims to raise awareness of, and action regarding, the value of coral reefs and associated ecosystems, threats to their health, and management solutions; and…
