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The Value of Wildlife
What is the Value of Wildlife?Economic valuation on marine turtles and blue-naped parrots held What’s the value of a parrot soaring above a forest? How about a marine turtle grazing serenely by the coast? The reasons for conserving wildlife range from the moral obligation to prevent extinction to more pragmatic reasons like wildlife tourism or…
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DENR, ADB Extends Project on Combating Environmental Organized Crime in the Philippines
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the Asian Development Bank have agreed to extend the implementation of the DENR-ADB/ Global Environment Facility (GEF) Project on Combating Environmental Organized Crime in the Philippines (CIWT Project) by 12 months. The decision was made during its 3rd Project Steering Committee (PSC) Meeting held…
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Second Episode of Pa Talk Features Participation of Local Communities in Protected Area Management
Organized by the Biodiversity Management Bureau (BMB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, in partnership with the Office of Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda, the second episode of the PA Talk #ProtectedAreasforAProtectedFuture streamed live on July 28, Tuesday, 10:00 a.m. Atty. Ipat Luna and Asec Ricardo Calderon, the Assistant Secretary for Climate Change and…
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DENR Seals Landmark Partnership with PLDT-Smart for Peatlands Conservation
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has forged a partnership with leading telecoms and digital services provider PLDT, Inc. (PLDT) and its wireless subsidiary Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) to protect one of the country’s most vital natural resources needed to combat climate change – its peatlands. Under this agreement, the…
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DENR-BMB, Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda, CCCLaunch Pa Talk
#ProtectedAreasForAProtectedFuture Pilot episode featured frontliners of biodiversity conservation The pilot episode of PA Talk #ProtectedAreasforAProtectedFuture streamed live at 10:00 AM of June 22, Monday – the 2nd anniversary of the enactment of R.A. No. 11038 or the Expanded National Integrated Protected Areas System (ENIPAS) Act of 2018. The program was hosted by Deputy Speaker Loren…
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First Record of Hooded Cranes in the Philippines
By Anson M. Tagtag and John Berhel Doria On March 5, 2020, the DENR Region 13 confirmed the presence of seven Hooded cranes (Grus monacha) in Brgy. Libertad, Sta. Monica, Siargao Island, the first record of the species in the country. The sighting was previously reported on February 25, 2020 by Greg Laude, a member…
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2020 Philippine Eagle Week
Every June 4-10 of each calendar year, we celebrate the life and survival of the Philippine eagle, our National Bird and as the flagship species in the campaign for the conservation of the rich biodiversity of the country. Now on its 22nd year, the 2020 Philippine Eagle Week is no different from the previous years,…
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Make Every Day Earth Day With Mission 1.5
This Earth Day, the DENR – Biodiversity Management Bureau invites you to pledge your #ClimatePromise by taking part of the Mission 1.5 campaign called “Stay Home & Play for Climate this Earth Day.” Mission 1.5 is a mobile game and survey developed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) – Philippines to educate people about…
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DENR Suspends Forest Products, Wildlife Transport
MANILA, Philippines – Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu has temporarily suspended the transportation of all forest products and wildlife throughout the country to contain the spread of the corona virus disease (COVID-19). The DENR is taking this precautionary measure considering recent research that links the origin of COVID-19 with illegal wildlife trade. According to a report…
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Illegal Wildlife Trade: A Conduit Through Which Coronavirus Transmitted to Human
by Atty. Theresa M. Tenazas The wildlife of the Philippines includes a significant number of endemic animal and plant species. Out of the country’s 52,177 species, 67% of which are endemic and 418 of them are listed as threatened by the Red List of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources…
