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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…
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March is Women’s Month!
Anchored on this year’s theme “We Make Change Work for Women”, the celebration aims to highlight the empowerment of women as active contributors to and claimholders of development. This pursuit of development is also anchored on the commitment of “Malasakit at Pagbabago” or True Compassion and Real Change. The Biodiversity Management Bureau – Gender and…
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Keeping Manila Bay Healthier and Cleaner
These children are swimming in Manila Bay – famous around the world for its breath-taking sunsets. Sadly, it is also notorious for its polluted water, stinking smell, and coastline flowing with trash. Manila Bay inadvertently serves as one of Metro Manila’s dump site where sewage from households, industries, and agriculture flow untreated and unchecked. Solid…
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Raising Voices for Wetlands at Wwd 2019
CANDABA, Pampanga – The distinct footfalls of our carabao companions are drumming up the first light of day. Every sled is packed full of storytellers, with cameras ready, long lenses attached, reporters’ notebooks on hand. Twenty minutes into the ride, and the sunlight reveals the full height of Mt. Arayat enveloped in morning mist. By this…
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The Katunggan Ecopark: the Power of Collective Action
The Katunggan Ecopark in Leganes, Iloilo is an excellent example on how communities, government agencies, and international organizations can come together and help each other in conserving and protecting our environment. The Ecopark started as an area filled with abandoned, underutilized, and undeveloped (AUU) fishponds used for milkfish growing and production. After a strong typhoon…
