• GREGG YAN The Balinsasayao Twin Lakes Natural Park lies in the Talinis Mountain Range, some 15 kilometers west of Dumaguete City in Negros Oriental. The
PROTECTED AREA. Tourists take a boat ride across Lake Balinsasayao in Negros Oriental in this undated photo. The United Nations Development Program-Biodiversity Finance Project has chosen the Balinsasayao Twin Lakes as one of six protected areas in the Philippines for the Year of the Protected Areas campaign this 2023. (Photo courtesy of UNDP-BIOFIN/Angelique Ogena) DUMAGUETE CITY -The United Nations Development Programme-Biodiversity Finance Project (UNDP-BIOFIN) has chosen the Twin Lakes of Balinsasayao and Danao in Negros Oriental province as among its six featured areas in the Philippines for the Year of the Protected Areas (YoPA) campaign. Gregg Yan, UNDP-BIOFIN consultant, in an interview with the Philippine News Agency on Tuesday, said the YoPA campaign aims to highlight the critical role of protected areas for people and nature. "The Balinsasayao Twin Lakes and the five other featured areas were chosen for this YoPA campaign because they are not as widely promoted as the o
PRESTIGIOUS AWARD. Occidental Mindoro's Apo Reef Natural Park (ARNP) bags the prestigious Blue Park Award for exceptional marine wildlife conservation at the United Nations Ocean Conference in Lisbon, Portugal on July 1, 2022. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources said the award is a testament to the hard work of the government and all stakeholders in protecting and conserving the marine protected area. (Photo courtesy of DENR) MANILA - Occidental Mindoro's Apo Reef Natural Park (ARNP) bagged the prestigious Blue Park Award for exceptional marine wildlife conservation at the United Nations Ocean Conference in Lisbon, Portugal. Apo Reef, along with Indonesia's Raja Ampat Islands Marine Conservation Area and Colombia's Old Providence McBean Lagoon National Park, was selected by an international council of marine conservation experts, which was assembled by the United States-based non-government organization Marine Conservation Institute. "We are very ha