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2023 Pride Month Celebration
June 1 marks the beginning of Pride Month. Its is celebrated every year to commemorate years of struggle for civil rights, and the on-going pursuit of equal justice for the LGBTQIA+ community. With the theme “Samot-saring buhay, Samot-saring kulay”, the Biodiversity Management Bureau (BMB) through its GAD Focal Point System (GFPS), organized several activities to…
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DENR and UNDP Partner with Negros Occidental to Mobilize Finance for Nature
Bacolod, Negros Occidental, 6 July 2023 – Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in the Philippines Resident Representative Selva Ramachandran signed a Memorandum of Understanding to unlock finance for nature from unconventional sources that will contribute to the sustainable protection and conservation of the province’s biodiversity. “I’m very…
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PH hosts ASEAN Meet to plan regional actions to hit New Global Biodiversity targets
LAGUNA — The 10-nation political and economic bloc, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), met in Pasay City, Philippines for a two-day meeting to map out its actions for nature in line with the new set of global biodiversity targets or the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. Hosted and chaired by the Philippines through the Department…
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25th Philippine Eagle Week
“Unity in Action: Achieving success together” The year 2023 commemorates the 25th year since the Philippine Eagle Week was promulgated via Presidential Decree No. 615; this week rekindles our commitment to protect and conserve a national treasure, a Filipino nation’s gift to humankind, the Great Philippine eagle. Brought about by the unrelenting destruction of its…
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Philippines to host the 33rd Meeting of the ASEAN Working Group on Nature Conservation and Biodiversity (AWGNCB) and the 10th ASEAN Heritage Parks Committee Meeting (AHPC)
On June 20-21, 2023, the Philippines will be hosting the 33rd Meeting of the ASEAN Working Group on Nature Conservation and Biodiversity (AWGNCB) and the 10th ASEAN Heritage Parks Committee Meeting (AHPC) to be held at the Conrad Hotel, Manila. Both discussions pave the way towards sustainability and nature-based actions – in addressing the challenges…
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Training of Trainers on Peatland Assessment and Management
Agusan del Sur, Philippines – The Ensuring Sustainable Benefits from Peatland through Protection and Wise Use (ESBenePeat) Project in collaboration with the Measurable Action for Haze-Free Sustainable Land Management in Southeast Asia (MAHFSA) Component 1 conducted the Training of Trainers on Peatland Assessment and Management on 11-15 April 2023 in San Francisco, Agusan del Sur. A total of 53 participants…
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Stakeholders Confirm Support for the ABS Project’s 2023 Plans
Quezon City, Philippines — Stakeholders forming the national and regional inter-agency technical working group of the Implementing the National Framework on Access and Benefit Sharing of Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge in the Philippines Project (ABS Project) convened on 1-2 February 2023 to refine the project’s implementation strategies for 2023. A total of 69 representatives from…
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Strengthening the Fight Against Wildlife Trafficking: DENR-BMB and UNODC’s Training Course on Digital Forensics Software and Turnover of Specialized law Enforcement Equipment
Quezon City, Philippines- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Biodiversity Management Bureau (DENR-BMB) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) co-organized the “Training Course on Digital Forensics Software and Turnover and Demonstration of Specialized Law Enforcement Equipment” conducted at Park Inn by Radisson North EDSA, Quezon City, Metro Manila from 6-10 March…
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DENR-BMB Lauded Partners in Wildlife Conservation and Protection in the Celebration of 2023 World Wildlife day
Quezon City, Philippines – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources – Biodiversity Management Bureau (DENR-BMB) spearheaded the annual celebration of World Wildlife Day (WWD) held on 03 March 2023 with the theme “Partnerships for Wildlife Conservation”, recognizing partners at various levels who are significantly contributing towards the conservation and protection of the Philippines’ wild…
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Gabay Kalikasan Park Groundbreaking Ceremony
The Gabay Kalikasan Park was formally launched during its groundbreaking ceremony held in Barangay Mariana, District 4, Quezon City on March 9, 2023. The Gabay Kalikasan Park is part of the Memorandum of Agreement for the Building a Biodiversity Friendly Urban Development Project thru the Adopt-a-City scheme among the DENR-BMB, DENR-NCR, QC LGU and MPIC…
