DENR and UNDP seal the partnership with the Province of Negros Oriental to mobilize finance for nature with support from the Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) Dumaguete, Negros Oriental, 18 September 2023 – Negros Oriental Governor Manuel “Chaco” Sagarbarria, Department of Environment and Nat...Read more
Philippines
‘Biodiversity Finance Solutions Exhibition - 5th BIOFIN Global Conference’ This poster is part of an series of all BIOFIN countries and showcases the innovative (existing or potential) finance solutions and work of the countries and partners. As part of the 5th Global Conference on Biodiversity Fina...Read more
By Ronja Fischer, Research Consultant, BIOFIN I stood at the river, staring at the hiking trail that led to the ranger stations at the Mts. Iglit-Baco Natural Park in the island of Mindoro, Philippines. On the other side of the river, the rangers, who were a mix of Tau-buid (indigenous people of the...Read more
By Midori Paxton, Head, Ecosystems and Biodiversity, UNDP Let us step back in time to more than 2000 years ago, when Chinese philosophical and historical texts contained sophisticated conceptions of nature and our place within it. Daoism, a school of philosophical thought popular to this day, focuse...Read more
By Eduardo Bata, Team leader and ranger, Tamaraw Conservation Program, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Philippines I am Eduardo Bata, a 57-year-old resident of San Jose in Occidental Mindoro (the western half of the Philippines island of Mindoro). My relatives, friends and colleague...Read more