Protecting the nature we all rely on for food, fresh water and livelihoods. Nature Is Speaking. Protecting Biodiversity in the Philippines The islands of the Philippines host one of the greatest concentrations of wildlife species in the world — at least 20, of which cannot be found anywhere else.
Our role The Protect Wildlife Project was launched in in collaboration with Conservation International, USAID, and other partners to combat the threats to wildlife and the causes of biodiversity loss in the Philippines while taking into consideration environmental threats such as habitat loss, unsustainable harvesting, and pollution.
Improving attitudes, awareness and livelihoods Conservation International and partners are working with local communities to help them understand how their livelihoods are directly linked to the health of nature, and the necessity to conserve these natural resources and wildlife — thereby effecting a reduction in unsustainable behaviors.
Strategizing and strengthening law enforcement The archipelagic nature of the Philippines makes patrolling a difficult task for law enforcement teams, who already have insufficient resources. Innovating research Wildlife trafficking is a grave issue that requires a concerted, collaborated effort to dismantle. Safeguarding biodiversity Home to large numbers of endemic species Of more than 52, species described in the Philippines, more than half are found nowhere else in the world.
It was found to have the most number of marine species. There are many lessons that can be learned from biodiversity hotspots and the Philippines itself, being one of the top priorities of the hotspots.
The ecosystems to which biodiversity thrives are disappearing at a rapid rate than they could be saved. This has inspired conservationists to come up with a better strategy that responds to such an alarming situation.
Management and conservation actions are certainly necessary and must be implemented quickly. We also need effective policies that will protect our biodiversity and their habitats, and that will enforce the sustainable use of all consumers.
Each of us has its own part to take on this mission to conserve our biodiversity and ecosystems. References: 1 Biodiversity Hotspots. Do you work on maps? Do you want to have a complete shapefile of all biodiversity hotspots?
You can download it for free here. Your email address will not be published. Interim biodiversity targets were also incorporated into the Philippine Development Plan Among the major achievements toward the Aichi Biodiversity Targets is the increase of the forest cover from In addition, threatened flora and fauna were given further protection through various species conservation programs and executive and administrative issuances with positive trends recorded for marine turtles and mangroves ; the number of confiscations of illegally traded wildlife species regulated under CITES increased from heads in to 11, heads in ; measures such as fish farming and eco-tourism in protected areas are being implemented to promote sustainable use and benefits for local livelihoods; indigenous knowledge and the practices of 16 tribes were documented by the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples NCIP between and ; policy-making and access and benefit-sharing have been institutionalized through the process of free and prior informed consent from indigenous and local communities.
Traditionally, sectoral approaches have been used in the Philippines to manage environmental and natural resources, which have led to separate governance mechanisms for different resource uses, and conflicts in management. In the s, the watershed approach, integrated Ecosystem Approach, bay regional planning, integrated river basin and coastal zone management approach to development and management emerged for planning and addressing issues that cut across ecosystems. Presidential Memo Order No.
Since then, several initiatives have been launched, notably in terms of integrated watershed management. Moreover, Executive Order mandated the adoption of integrated coastal management ICM , with a recent review indicating that significant resources had been invested into ICM, with the participation of various stakeholders, and that several concerns were taken into account, ranging from poverty alleviation to food security and sustainable development.
Finally, enhanced cooperation on biodiversity management is promoted through the formalization of partnerships, either through Executive Orders, as in the case of the Bicol River Basin and the Watershed Management Councils in Lake Lanao and Bukidnon Watershed, or through a Memorandum of Agreement or Understanding, such as in the case of the Kabulnan Watershed Multi Sectoral Council.
Under said councils, multi-sectoral and multi-disciplinary task forces, committees, and technical working groups are organized to address specific policy decisions or implementation problems or issues, either at the local, provincial or regional level, depending on the extent of coverage of the river basin and watershed.
Monitoring activities are led in relation to water quality, coral reefs cover notably recording the impacts of climate change in the framework of the ICE CREAM project , and species conservation.
Several biodiversity monitoring tools have been developed but sustaining the effort remains a challenge, especially after donor exit. On a positive note, at least five new protected areas were proclaimed in More recently, the Quirino Protected Landscape, which covers , hectares in northeastern Luzon, was established through a presidential proclamation.
One way of ensuring that the network of protected areas adequately conserves biodiversity is through the conservation of Key Biodiversity Areas KBAs , sites holding populations of globally threatened or geographically restricted species.
In the Philippines hotspot, Conservation International-Philippines in collaboration with the Field Museum in Chicago, Haribon Foundation and other local partners are in the process of identifying and delineating KBAs throughout the Philippines.
In addition to creating effective protected areas, basic field research is desperately needed to support conservation activities. New endemic species are being discovered all of the time, and this information feeds directly into the refinement and prioritization of KBAs. A range of other conservation activities are underway throughout the islands. Search this site. What are Biodiversity Hotspots and why are they important?
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