Native only to very specific parts of Southeast Asia, yet hornbills endemic to the Philippines and Bowerbirds found only in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea have .
BINANOG DANCE. Participants in the 15th Binanog Festival perform the Binanog dance in 2018. The Binanog Festival and the Binanog Dance are among those mapped out by the municipality of Lambunao as part of their cultural heritage.(Photo courtesy of CEC Infocenter Lambunao) ILOILO CITY - The municipality of Lambunao in Iloilo has completed the mapping of its identified prominent cultural heritage that will pave the way for their preservation to be appreciated by the younger generation. Republic Act No. 10066 or the National Cultural Heritage Act of 2009 defines cultural heritage as "the totality of cultural property preserved and developed through time and passed on to posterity". The result of their online presentation, validation, and finalization with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) on March 16 was deemed "good as approved" the identified cultural heritage, said Lambunao municipal tourism officer Jennifer L. Osorio in an interview on Friday.
BINANOG DANCE. Participants in the 15th Binanog Festival perform the Binanog dance in 2018. The Binanog Festival and the Binanog Dance are among those mapped out by the municipality of Lambunao as part of their cultural heritage.(Photo courtesy of CEC Infocenter Lambunao) ILOILO CITY - The municipality of Lambunao in Iloilo has completed the mapping of its identified prominent cultural heritage that will pave the way for their preservation to be appreciated by the younger generation. Republic Act No. 10066 or the National Cultural Heritage Act of 2009 defines cultural heritage as "the totality of cultural property preserved and developed through time and passed on to posterity". The result of their online presentation, validation, and finalization with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) on March 16 was deemed "good as approved" the identified cultural heritage, said Lambunao municipal tourism officer Jennifer L. Osorio in an interview on Friday.
DAMAGED. The Talarak Foundation's Feather Park conservation center in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental has been devastated by Typhoon Odette on Dec. 16, 2021. It is appealing for monetary and in-kind donations to rescue the animals left and to support its keepers and staff.(Photo from Talarak Foundation Facebook page) BACOLOD CITY - The Talarak Foundation, Inc. (TFI), a shelter for endangered West Visayan wildlife, has appealed for urgent assistance to rebuild its conservation center in Kabankalan City that was devastated by Typhoon Odette last week. In a Facebook post on Thursday, the TFI, which has two captive breeding centers in Negros Occidental - the Negros Forest Park in this city, and the Kabankalan-based Feather Park - sought monetary and in-kind donations to rescue the animals left and to support its keepers and staff. "We are knocking on your generous hearts once again. We would like to ask for your continued support as we do our best to give our endangered and end
Published December 11, 2020, 5:00 AM
GCash, the digital financial services firm of Globe Telecom, Inc., will fund a massive government-led re-forestation of Ipo Watershed, which is one of Metro Manila’s sources of freshwater.
A statement showed that through donations generated from GCash, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), the United Nations Development Programme’s Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) will be able to plant the first of 365,000 native trees like Narra, Lauaan, Kupang and Yakal in Ipo, which is located in Bulacan.
The reforestation will take place in 2021 as soon as COVID-19 restrictions are lifted.