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Restoring the Philippines’ Forests

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

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The Haribon Foundation (BirdLife in the Philippines), with the support of the Disney’s Friends for Change has produced a 6-minute video aimed at children on deforestation and its impacts.

Haribon embraces the iphone

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

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Haribon (BirdLife in the Philippines) has launched a Birds of the Philippines iphone app. It displays images of Philippine birds taken in the field by Haribon members along with descriptions of the species. It also allows users to send other pictures they have taken to Haribon for subsequent updates. Most of the proceeds of the [...]

EU’s Raw Materials Policy

Monday, October 11, 2010

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My Alyansa Tigil Mina (ATM) colleagues were in Brussels for the 8th Asia-Europe Peoples Forum (AEPF) this week. The AEPF is an interregional network of progressive civil society organizations across Asia and Europe. It emerged in the 1996 from a common desire and need among organizations across the two continents to open up new venues for dialogue, cooperation and solidarity.

Green State of Nature Address

Monday, September 20, 2010

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Last Thursday, the Green Con-vergence for Safe Food and Healthy Environment, a loose coalition of networks and NGOs, held its third Green State of Nature Address (SONA). We were very appreciative that DENR Secretary Ramon Paje stayed the entire day to hear out our long complaints, urgent pleas and sturdy arguments particularly on forestry issues and mining.

IPs and logging

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

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Haribon is in the process of completing a project called Golden Forests, Landscapes and Seascapes supported by the European Union and the Agencia Espanola de Cooperacion Inter-nacional that aims to reduce deforestation.

Birds of Agape

Thursday, August 5, 2010

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Was it a workshop cum birdwatching or birdwatching cum workshop? It happened last week at Agape Springs in Silang Cavite, a 10-hectare property crisscrossed by streams, owned by Dr. Gloria Caccam, a Haribon member.

Illegal pets in the Philippines

Monday, July 12, 2010

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A few days ago, I watched Richard Gutierrez tell his TV audience the perils of buying exotic and endangered animals as pets. He elaborated that these animals especially those that are forest-dependent cannot survive in an urban setting. Some may do but will exhibit stress-induced movements or behavior.

Presidential inauguration

Monday, July 5, 2010

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I had a ticket for a seat across the grandstand. It was either going to be very hot or very wet. I thought hard whether to go or not. The temptation to watch the inaugural comfortably at home on the television was so inviting.

Haring Ibon

Monday, June 14, 2010

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A week-long photo exhibit to celebrate Philippine Eagle Week at SM City North EDSA has attracted many passers by. It is a collection of photographs taken by professional German photographer Klaus Nigge whose work has been published in numerous U.S. and European publications including the National Geographic. The Philippine Eagle or the Haring Ibon is one of the world’s rarest raptors.

Our National bird

Monday, June 7, 2010

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It’s Philippine Eagle Week and it is an opportune time to know about our national bird which, incidentally is also the largest and most endangered eagle in the world.

Empowering young leaders

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

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Eleven young Moro and indigenous peoples leaders are flying to the United States to participate in a 3-week exchange program entitled “The Past is Always Ahead of Us: Empowering Minority and Indigenous Leaders in the Southern Philippines.”

News from the Philippines

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

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The environmental and human rights group, Alyansa Tigil Mina (ATM), denounces the death on May 13 of anti-mining activist Conrado Buenaflor from Buguey, Cagayan. ATM recently received a report that an unidentified armed man shot Conrado Buenaflor in front of his own residence in Barangay Leron on May 9. Buenaflor was rushed to the Lyceum [...]

Strengthening conservation of Mount Siburan IBA, Mindoro, Philippines

Friday, May 21, 2010

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Strengthening conservation of Mount Siburan IBA, Mindoro, Philippines

Haribon’s work in the forests of Mindoro is conserving Critically Endangered biodiversity and giving a sustainable future for nearby communities –“Biodiversity for Development and Poverty Alleviation” is this year’s theme for International Day for Biological Diversity