The Database Management and Monitoring System Training was held to capacitate the DENR officers and staff and POs involved in the implementation of the AFoCo Regional CFM Planning Project to use an already developed database....
The USAID Protect Wildlife project joined government agencies, partners and environmental stakeholders in celebrating the passage of Republic Act 11038 or the Expanded National Integrated Protected Areas System (ENIPAS) Act....
Read more: Expanded protected areas law to boost conservation in the Philippines
About 80 representatives from the DENR and the local government units of Regions 6 and 7 participated in the closing event of the Community-Based Forest and Mangrove Management Project on....
The Asian Development Bank, which is the main financing institution of the Integrated Natural Resources and Environmental Management Project, conducted a field review mission from September 17, 2018 to October 4, 2018 to monitor the progress of....
Read more: INREMP grades positive, ADB’s review mission shows
Meetings with the provincial governments of Surigao del Norte and Surigao del Sur took place on August 29, 2018 and on August 30, 2018, respectively, to introduce the Risk Resiliency Program (RRP) and its key features, and to garner the two local governments’ support for....
A dirt road in an upland village in Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya will soon be paved as its rehabilitation officially kicked off on August 16, 2018.
Read more: FMP road rehabilitation project breaks ground in Nueva Vizcaya
To catch up with subproject development and implementation that had been delayed because of the Marawi siege that lasted for five months, participating LGUs were guided in accomplishing their respective bidding documents in accordance with the guidelines of....
Read more: INREMP conducts procurement orientation to LGUs in the Upper Lake Lanao River Basin
President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law the Expanded National Integrated Protected Areas System (ENIPAS) Act of 2018, after BIOFIN Philippines worked tirelessly with Congresswoman Josephine Ramirez-Sato to craft this new....
Read more: Philippines signs into law protection of 94 new areas
Metallophytes are species of plants with the ability to thrive on soils with high concentrations of heavy metals, which other typical forest species find toxic. Through natural selection, these species are able to endure harsh environments by exhibiting various adaptive....
Read more: Native metallophytes: restoring forests’ ecological integrity of mined-out areas
Experts from 20 countries across Europe, Asia, and the Pacific gathered in Cebu, Philippines on September 11, 2018 to debate effective solutions, and share experiences and best practices in biodiversity conservation financing....
Read more: Closing the biodiversity conservation financing gap
The training covered the theory and practice of boundary delineation, resource inventory, and documentation of indigenous knowledge, systems, and practices (IKSP). It also included discussions on the systems of resource governance of....
Read more: Philippine ICCA Project holds documentation training for DENR staff
The Protect Wildlife project organized a weeklong training on agroforestry and farm planning for 22 indigenous farmers who are living near a riverbank inside the Tigaplan watershed in Barangay Mainit in...
Read more: Indigenous farmers in Palawan learn agroforestry and farm planning
The participants of the training applied useful techniques in identifying and handling wild species of amphibians, reptiles and birds, as well as analyzed government policies and programs in conserving and managing wildlife resources and addressing threats to wildlife and....
Read more: DENR stocks up on skills and expertise in identifying wildlife species
The access road rehabilitation subproject of the Integrated Natural Resources and Environmental Management Project (INREMP) in San Miguel, Bohol is finally here....
Read more: INREMP inaugurates rural infra subproject in San Miguel, Bohol
The Philippine ICCA Project conducted back-to-back consultations with leaders of indigenous peoples from Luzon and Mindanao on certain provisions of the recently signed Expanded National Integrated Protected Area System...
Read more: Philippine ICCA Project consults IPs on ENIPAS Law
The USAID Protect Wildlife project signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Foundation for a Sustainable Society, Inc. (FSSI) to implement social enterprise activities that involve beneficiaries as active partners in....
Read more: USAID Protect Wildlife partners with FSSI for social enterprise development
The USAID Protect Wildlife project joined the Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park in commemorating its 30th year since its proclamation as the Philippines’ first national marine protected area. The national marine park celebrated this milestone with a weeklong....
Read more: Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park celebrates 30 years of marine conservation
To support the expansion of the Protect Wildlife project into more areas in Palawan, USAID and Rare once again brought to the province the Campaigning for Conservation (C4C) workshop—an intensive training on designing behavior....
Read more: USAID, Rare train more conservation campaigners in Palawan
The Philippine ICCA Project recently convened officials and staff of key government agencies and non-government organizations in Quezon City on September 3-4, 2018 to discuss the initial results of studies conducted....
Read more: Philippine ICCA Project pushes on with policy work
More than 40 participants from PCSD, Palawan's Bantay Palawan Task Force, field units of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Palawan, Philippine National Police-Maritime Group, and wildlife enforcement officers from local communities learned proper....
Read more: Palawan law enforcers gear up on wildlife forensics and crime investigation