Endemicity. Threatened species. Cacatua haematuropygia. Protected area management. Biodiversity. These are not exactly things that you would normally talk to your friends about while sitting in some coffee shop, but for a small community of conservation workers, this group of bloggers for instance, that is precisely the case. Except, perhaps, instead of a coffee shop, it’s a busy conference room, with manila papers and other workshop materials strewn about; a mountain trail in some remote area; or a barangay hall hosting a community meeting. It’s a diverse community, composed of biologists, communication specialists, project managers, fundraisers, management planners, community organizers. Our work in biodiversity conservation is a challenging, fulfilling, amazing endeavor, and yet we can’t help but feel that the community is quite small, especially considering the extent of the work that has to be addressed, the immensity of the information that has to be shared. We know that we don’t want to be just talking to ourselves. We want people to sit around in coffee shops talking about biodiversity, to think twice before buying a souvenir made from threatened wildlife, to appreciate the unbelievable biological richness that our country has to offer. With this blog we will try to do that.
They say that there are about two blogs born every second. Today, the International Day of Biodiversity, Samu’t Saring Buhay is proud to join this growing community, and we hope that you will stay and talk with us.
