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DENR-BMB Advances Environmental Learning Through Digital Platform
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), through the Biodiversity Management Bureau (BMB), has recently launched a family-friendly web series to teach children about Philippine biodiversity and its conservation. Secretary Roy A. Cimatu said that despite the pandemic, the DENR is taking steps to continue educating young people through the use of modern digital…
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Cimatu Calls on Lawmakers to Legislate Wetland Protection
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Roy A. Cimatu has urged lawmakers to acknowledge the importance of wetlands to combat climate change by having a legislation for the protection of one of the Earth’s most valuable ecosystems. “There has been no single Philippine legislation that advances wetland conservation and its wise use. While…
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Cimatu Tells Filipinos: Learn From “our Fragile Earth’ Docuseries
Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Roy A. Cimatu is encouraging Filipinos to watch the TV premiere of the third “Our Fragile Earth: Protected Areas of the Philippines” documentary series on Aug. 22 to learn more about the importance of conserving the country’s rich biodiversity. “It is a good opportunity to know more about our protected…
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DENR to Implement IUU Fishing Threat and Assessment Tool to NUPAS MPAs
Last 27 July 2021, 193 participants from the Department of Agriculture – Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR), USAID FishRight, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Central, Regional, Provincial Environment and Natural Resources (PENR) and Community Environment and Natural Resources (CENR) Offices together with the Biodiversity Management Bureau (BMB) and Environmental Law Enforcement…
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DENR-BMB, PPP Center Sign Moa on Developing PPPs in Protected Areas
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources – Biodiversity Management Bureau (DENR-BMB) and the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Center recently signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to ensure that the use of protected areas in developing PPPs is consistent with the principles of biological diversity and sustainable development. DENR Undersecretary for Special Concerns and BMB OIC…
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PH Chairs the 31st Meeting of the ASEAN Working Group on Nature Conservation and Biodiversity (AWGNCB)
The representatives from ten members of the ASEAN (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam) attended and participated throughout the entire meeting, highlighting a level of cooperation and synergy undampened by the restriction posed by COVID-19. The Philippine delegation, represented by officials from the BMB, put forward interventions and statements of…
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23rd Philippine Eagle Week Message
As we celebrate the 23rd year of the Philippine Eagle Week, we are reminded that our national bird is a forest dependent species that requires vast forest covers for its survival and population growth. It is a story re-told too many times, depicting the current crisis that our national bird is constantly beset– the loss…
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BMB Joins National Women’s Month Celebration 2021
The 2021 National Women’s Month Celebration serves as a tribute, a platform, and a call to action that highlights the extraordinary roles of ordinary Juanas in society as trailblazers and harbingers of change. This celebration is also a venue to discuss and address the issues that women continue to face so empowerment can be fully…
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Celebrating Earth Day
On April 22, we will be celebrating Earth Day and as part of that initiative we wanted to reach out to Global Wildlife Program (GWP) project teams to help put with a video. In this video, we would like to feature drawings, paintings, poems created by kids and teens (7-14 years) who as we know, will inherit our legacy.…
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Exit Conference Marks the End of Usaid Protect Wildlife Project
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) together with the Biodiversity Management Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-BMB) concluded the Protect Wildlife Project through an online exit conference held on March 23, 2021- the Php1.2 billion ($25 million) USAID-funded project primarily aimed to reduce the major threats to Philippine biodiversity,…
