Last month, the University of the Philippines-Diliman College of Science (UPD-CS) reported the declining population of dolphins in Tañon Strait, a body of water in the Visayas that is known to harbor a variety of amazing mammals, including rare whales and dolphins. This was based on the survey the UPD-CS…
The Asean-Business Advisory Council (Asean-BAC) and the Asean Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) have forged a partnership to boost business and biodiversity integration initiatives in the region. They signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) in Jakarta on September 2 at the Asean Climate Forum 2023, during the Asean-BAC Business and Investment…
The global illegal wildlife trade has been threatening the already endangered wildlife that may lead to their extinction. Palawan hornbill Closer to home, law enforcers are having a hard time catching the bad guys, who are openly offering online the illegally caught wildlife. With the use of the Internet, smartphones…
MINING companies should keep pockets of biodiversity or forest ecosystems within their mining tenements intact for the purpose of wildlife conservation. Theresa Mundita S. Lim, executive director of the Asean Centre for Biodiversity, said these pockets of biodiversity can provide safe haven to plant and animal wildlife during mining operations,…
"Is it time to declare [National Hero] Jose Rizal as the ‘Father of Philippine Biodiversity?’” The question was a proposition made by broadcast journalist Howie Severino during his talk at the Asean Biodiversity Heroes Forum in Malate, Manila, last August 12. An award-winning broadcast journalist and documentary filmmaker, Severino, who…