By Annabel Consuelo Petinglay SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique – The United Nations Development Program-Biodiversity Finance Initiative (UNDP-BIOFIN) trained select residents, environment officials, and personnel from other government agencies on how to properly care for and nurture the Sibalom Natur...Read more
Philippines
By Sonika Agarwal
The second day of BIOFIN's online pan-regional dialogue, joined by experts from Asia, Pacific, Eurasia, Europe, the Arab States, Africa Latin America and the Caribbean, triggered dynamic discussions around how governments, private sector, and civil society can innovate for biodiversity protection an...Read more
Sonnie Hiles
The COVID-19 pandemic has reminded us that human and planetary well-being are intertwined, that the economy and the health of our planet go hand in hand. That the ecosystems of our economies are embedded within our natural ecosystems. And protected areas have a key role to play. Protected areas – na...Read more
PPP Center, DENR-BMB
The Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Center and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources – Biodiversity Management Bureau (DENR-BMB) recently signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to ensure that the use of protected areas in developing PPPs is consistent with the principles of biological...Read more
by Angelique Ogena, Information and Communications Assistant, BIOFIN Philippines Protected area management officers and stakeholders have just completed the first half of the mentoring and coaching program for protected areas (PA) on the BIOFIN methodology where they aim to develop their very own PA...Read more