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SOUTH COTABATO, Philippines — It’s been three years since production began at a coal mine in the mountain village of Ned, some 1,500 kilometers, nearly 1,000 miles, south of Manila, on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao. Click to rate this post![Total: 0 Average: 0]
Kabasalan, Zamboanga Sibugay, part of the Sibugay Wetland Nature Reserve, is one of Oceanus’ key project sites. Oceanus Conservation has partnered with the Kapunungan sa Gagmay’ng Mangingisda sa Concepcion (KGMC), led by local champion Mr. Robert “Ka-Dodoy” Ballon. Since 2022, this collaboration has focused on mangrove restoration, capacity building, and creating sustainable livelihood opportunities for local communities…
The world’s second-largest archipelago spans 7,641 islands covering 300 million hectares of land. Nearly half of its flora and fauna is unique to its islands, which include 228 Key Biodiversity Areas which are home to 855 globally important species of plants, corrals, mollusks, elasmobranchs, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. Click to rate this post
MANILA, Philippines — Two of the country’s nature reserves were added to the list of ”Wetlands of International Importance” under the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, an intergovernmental treaty on conservation adopted in 1971 in Ramsar, Iran, and came into force in 1975. Click to rate this post![Total: 0 Average: 0]
A chemical spill from an ethanol distillery has put one of the Philippines’ largest marine protected areas at risk. Click to rate this post![Total: 0 Average: 0]
In the forested highlands of Mindanao Island in the southern Philippines, Mingay Dakias knows exactly where to find medicine — not in modern health clinics but in the leaves, roots and vines that grow wild around his community. Click to rate this post![Total: 0 Average: 0]
MANILA — Spanning the coasts of two cities in Metro Manila, and referred to as the capital region’s “last coastal frontier,” Las Piñas-Parañaque Wetland Park (LPPWP) is a critical site of both ecological and economic importance. Primarily made up of two interconnected artificial islands, Freedom Island and Long Island, this thriving wetland ecosystem along Manila…
In the wake of historic typhoon activity in 2024, members of the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) and others are calling for scaled-up coordination and action to safeguard blue carbon ecosystems that increase local capacity to recover from climactic shocks. Click to rate this post![Total: 0 Average: 0]
MANILA — The Philippine government has rolled out a sweeping forest land reform that officials say will attract investment while promising sustainability. The initiative, dubbed the Sustainable Forest Land Management Agreement (SFLMA), was launched June this year by the Philippine Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). Click to rate this post![Total: 0 Average: 0]
DUNOY, Philippines — In the dense, tropical rainforests of the Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park, an ancient predator drifts silently beneath the surface of still rivers. For Indigenous Agta elders, this reptile is not a menace, but a guardian. Click to rate this post![Total: 0 Average: 0]