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DENR Commits Support in Proper Accounting of Country’s Natural Resources
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) reiterated its support to develop and implement a toolkit to properly measure and account for the benefits derived from the country’s ecosystems, leading toward the production of statistics that accurately reflect the value of the Philippines’ natural resources. DENR Biodiversity Management Bureau Director Natividad Y. Bernardino made…
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ABS Project Stakeholders Convened to Revise Regulations on Access and Benefit Sharing of Philippine Genetic Resources
Quezon City, Philippines – The Implementing the National Framework on Access and Benefit Sharing of Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge in the Philippines Project (ABS Project) conducted a national consultation workshop on November 25, 2022 to revise existing Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) regulations, particularly the Joint DENR-DA-PCSD-NCIP Administrative Order (JAO) No.1, Series of 2005. The…
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GIS Training for Peatland Mapping in the Philippines Held on 3-4 November 2022
Quezon City, Philippines – The Biodiversity Management Bureau (BMB) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ) Indonesia co-organized the Geographic Information System (GIS) Training for Peatland Mapping in the Philippines on 3-4 November 2022 to capacitate the relevant technical staff of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in developing and producing…
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Environment Champions Awarded as 2022 ASEAN Biodiversity Heroes
Bogor, Indonesia – The ASEAN has announced the recipients of the 2022 ASEAN Biodiversity Heroes Awards, shining a spotlight on the individuals whose exemplary efforts and advocacies make a wave of impact in their respective countries and in their own ways. A youth leader, a legislator, a marine conservation pioneer, a geoheritage expert, a veterinarian, a…
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BMB Leads the Conduct of Inter Agency Workshops in Preparation to the 19th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITIES COP-19)
The CITES Management and Scientific Authorities with the representatives from the national government agencies and non-government organizations convened on 28-30 September 2022 (left photo) and 10-12 October 2022 (right photo) in preparation to the 19th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the CITES (CoP19) that set to be held from the 14-25 of…
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The DENR-UNDP Access And Benefit Sharing Project Advances to Full Implementation
Quezon City, Philippines – National government agencies forming the Project Board/Steering Committee (PB/SC) 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 September 27, 2022, to approve and support the project’s implementation strategies. Funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF),…
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Multisectoral Round Table Discussion/s (RTDS) for the Development of Framework Relevant to Biodiversity-friendly Agricultural Practices (BDFAP) and Agrobiodiversity
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)- Biodiversity Management Bureau (BMB) and UNDP Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN), in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture (DA), conducted a face-to-face Multisectoral Round-Table Discussion on 22 September 2022 in Baguio City with more than 40 representatives from DA, DENR, concerned local government units, academic institutions and civil…
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Government Moves Forward in Strengthening Access and Benefit Sharing of Philippine Genetic Resources
Quezon City, Philippines – Key government agencies forming the National Interagency Technical Working Group (NTWG) 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 to support the project’s implementation strategies on September 6, 2022. Funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF),…
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Advocacy for Responsible Mining Pushed During the Orientation on DENR Administrative Order No. 2022-04: Enhancing Biodiversity Conservation and Protection in Mining Operations
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Biodiversity Management Bureau (DENR-BMB) and the DENR- Mines and Geosciences Bureau (DENR-MGB) led the orientation of mining regulators and biodiversity conservation personnel from the Eastern Mindanao cluster; regions 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 on the implementation of a new guidelines that intends to restore biodiversity and ecosystem services…
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Advisory Program Highlights Great Potential for Inter-agency Cooperation to End Wildlife Crime
Cebu (Philippines) 12 July 2022 – “Wildlife crime is growing in scale and sophistication each year. It must be matched with an equally sophisticated and coordinated response.” This was the broad consensus among Philippine law enforcement officials participating in a wildlife crime advisory program as they met for the 2nd time on 12-13 July 2022 in…
