Manila, Philippines – Are our institutions ready to respond to wildlife and forest crimes? This is the key question that law enforcement agents and legal practitioners sought to answer during a two-day workshop organized by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Biodiversity Management Bureau (DENR-BMB), with support from the United Nations Office on Drugs and…

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“Tamaraw at Ako: Dangal ng Pilipino. This is the theme for this year’s celebration of the Tamaraw Month. It reflects the aspiration of the Filipino people for the Tamaraw and the commitment to conserve, in behalf of humanity, this unique world heritage.  The Tamaraw (Bubalus mindorensis) is the largest land animal native to the Philippines, categorized as critically…

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Last August 15, the Biodiversity Management Bureau (BMB) organized a round table discussion on mainstreaming biodiversity in the energy sector at the Brentwood Suites, Diliman, Quezon City participated by numerous government officials including local government units, non-government organizations, and the private sector. The RTD was organized to gather relevant stakeholders to level-off and initiate relevant…

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MANILA – “Shipping should be in harmony with the environment:” This is the central message of the three-day Seminar-Workshop on the Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention organized by the Biodiversity Management Bureau (BMB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in conjunction with the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA).  The conduct of the seminar-workshop coincides…

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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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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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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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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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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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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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