Is it too late?

Just the other day, online news sources reported that a new species of fruit bat was discovered from the lowland forests of Mt. Siburan in Sablayan, Mindoro Occidental. According to Protected Areas and Wildlife Director Mundita Lim, the Mindoro Stripe-Faced Fruitbat (Styloctenium mindorensis)–another species endemic to the Philippines and the island of Mindoro, much like [...]

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Spectacular wildlife finds in Mt. Mantalingahan, Palawan

[Press release - Conservation International-Philippines]
New species of animals and plants were recently discovered by a team of biologists who conducted a biodiversity survey in Mt. Mantalingahan, Palawan last June and July 2007. The survey was organized by Conservation International – Philippines to update the biodiversity data of Mt. Mantalingahan, a proposed protected area covering 120,000 [...]

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Punong Pinoy

A couple of posts back, a reader, Rey, shared the links to these videos their group made for the Clean and Green Foundation’s Trees for Life campaign, and they’re so interesting that we thought we might as well put them up as a full post here. Trees for Life advocates for the use of [...]

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Alex Acuña: On saving endangered wildlife and nature conservation

In a previous visit to Polillo town in Quezon Province, I had an opportunity to hear a great news that a green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) was rescued from an illegal trader. Alex Acuña, a fellow conservationist and staff of the Polillo Islands Biodiversity Conservation Foundation Inc. (PIBCFI), recounted that the turtle was accidentally caught [...]

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